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Oshawa-born stalwart helped bring party to the brink of an electoral breakthrough

Panacea is to build writing habit in students that can be achieved first by making them feel comfortable as writers

In the big tent philosophy of free speech, the more views, the better. But how does that hold up in practice? imageBROKER/Manuel Kamuf via Getty Images People often extol the virtue of …

In the ‘big tent’ philosophy of free speech, the more views, the better. But how does that hold up in practice? imageBROKER/Manuel Kamuf via Getty Images John Corvino, Wayne State University People often extol the virtue of open-mindedness, but can there be too much of a good thing? As a college dean, I regularly observe […]

PG&E rates Kayabunga, according to the Herald article of Jan. 9, PG&E bills in the Bay Area are now rising more than eight times faster than the overall pace of inflation and now they’re seeking more from the PUC.  Rumor has it they are also contemplating a name change, and among the entries are  the […]

Intellectual humility doesn’t mean anyone can change your mind, a philosopher writes – but it might mean learning from the ‘other side’ in surprising ways.

“The Story of Kennett- Shaping our future one child at a time” is a book that documents how Kennett is a community that tries to get the kids right as they grow up, working to become the best version of themselves. Along with this, we are fortunate to have community leaders who believe in leaving […]

Today’s progressives abuse the word “liberal.” Democracy needs the virtue of liberality, not the ideology of liberalism.

Becca Rothfeld speaks with Samuel Moyn about his book Liberalism Against Itself and why liberalism is in crisis.

The first time I realized that “No, I’m not just crazy”—and that there might in fact be something deeply and irredeemably fucked up about the process of life itself (not my own life in particular, but the existence of self-replicators competing for scarce resources) came when I read a letter Charles Darwin wrote to a friend.