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IN THESE BRUTAL TIMES WE NEED TO EMBRACE THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS
Our public language has grown harsh and self-righteous. It cleaves us apart. We need to rediscover a softer vocabulary that recognizes the humanity of…
Jan 6
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NOW IS THE TIME TO PROMOTE THE SECOND BILL OF RIGHTS
In 1944 President Franklin Roosevelt called for the creation of a Second Bill of Rights guaranteeing economic entitlements and security for all…
Dec 21, 2025
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FROM UNIVERSALISM TO TRIBALISM TO HATRED OF THE OTHER
The assault on democracy, science, truth, reason, and the rise of tribalism and authoritarianism are not new. It is lodged in a revolt against modernity…
Dec 9, 2025
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THANKSGIVING AND GIVING THANKS
It is Thanksgiving day. I have taken the liberty of publishing an essay I wrote two years ago. It is one I especially like, and my feelings then I still…
Nov 27, 2025
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ACHIEVING OUR COUNTRY: LEFTIST THOUGHT IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA – by Richard Rorty, a review
A noted philosopher foresaw the perils of identity politics, the despair wrought by globalization, and the emergence of a demagogue.
Nov 23, 2025
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Joe Chuman
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WE NEED TO BECOME RE-ENCHANTED WITH DEMOCRACY AND ITS IDEALS
I write this essay in the aftermath of the surprising Democratic gubernatorial victories in Virginia and my own state of New Jersey.
Nov 11, 2025
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Joe Chuman
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FASCISM BEGINS WITH THE WEAKEST LINK
Nazism started by separating the most vulnerable members of society from the general population. Trump's authoritarianism, optics and all, shares very…
Oct 25, 2025
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SOMETIMES BRET STEPHENS GETS IT RIGHT (and OFTEN WRONG)
We need to restore a culture of respectful argumentation and dissent. It is fading from the classroom and our larger society. It is foundational to our…
Oct 15, 2025
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