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Posts ordered from most recent to earliest.
- One key to avoiding war is to take the threat seriously and not fall into the "it could never happen here" trap. -- ‘How Civil Wars Start,’ a Warning About the State of the Union -- Jul 13
- A look at the extraordinary complexity of language and the many ways in which efforts to control its use can have surprising, unintended, and often detrimental consequences. -- San Francisco Schools Are Retiring ‘Chief.’ That’s Not as Frivolous as It Seems. -- Jul 12
- A look at what social scientists think are the differences between political extremes on the left and the right. -- How Much Damage Have Marjorie Taylor Greene and the ‘Bullies’ Done to the G.O.P.? -- Jul 11
- A persuasive argument against one of the terrible manifestations of fear, hopelessness, and cynicism – the decision not to have kids. -- Your Kids Are Not Doomed -- Jul 10
- Reflections on the many dangers swirling around the criminalization of hate. #mbi_context -- Ahmaud Arbery’s racist killers are grotesque, but their ‘hate crimes’ prosecution was a show trial -- Mar 10
- A reminder that we will soon face additional, serious health challenges that will require us to move beyond today's destructive healthcare politics. #mbi_context -- When Antibiotics Stop Working -- Mar 10
- Another "listening-to-both- sides-of-an argument post." This one, on "what the left gets right," complements an earlier post on "what the right gets right." #mbi_context -- What the Economic Left Gets Right About Politics -- Mar 10
- A pretty sober and sensible analysis of the risks that the Ukrainian War could escalate into a large-scale nuclear confrontation. #mbi_context -- Putin Is Brandishing the Nuclear Option. How Serious Is the Threat? -- Mar 09
- An exploration of something that is supposedly smarter than traditional tests of statistical significance! #mbi_context -- I’m a Parent and a Statistician. There’s a Smarter Way to Think About the Under-5 Vaccine. -- Mar 09
- It's easy to judge the mistakes of the past, but it's better to learn from them. #mbi_context -- The Contradictions of American History -- Mar 09
- Long-term trends toward an increasingly peaceful and just world can only continue if we work very hard to make this a reality. #mbi_context -- The End of an Illusion -- Mar 08
- A reminder of how quickly startling events can lead to a global reframing of the way people think about their world. #mbi_context -- The Week That Awoke the World -- Mar 08
- As Kenneth Boulding observed, anything that can go wrong EVENTUALLY will. That's why we can't tolerate a continuing, low probability risk of nuclear war. #mbi_context -- Cumulative probabilities for nuclear war -- Mar 08
- A sensible look at how we have been able to keep periods of intense conflict between nuclear-armed powers from erupting into the nuclear war. #mbi_context -- How to Stop a Nuclear War -- Mar 07
- A rare and inspiring example of how "power-with" power can be mobilized to fight "power-over" aggression. #mbi_context -- How the West Marshaled a Stunning Show of Unity Against Russia -- Mar 07
- Interesting and potentially useful data tracing the evolution of contemporary views about racism and sexism. #mbi_context -- Use of ‘sexist’ and ‘racist’ in the New York Times increased over 400% since 2012. Why? -- Mar 07
- An illuminating interview with Amanda Ripley – author of "High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How to Get Out." #mbi_context -- ‘Get insanely curious when no one else is curious’ -- Mar 06
- Now that Ukraine has our attention, it's time to start looking at the tactics that dictators and aspiring dictators have been using to gain control. #mbi_context -- The Dictator’s New Playbook -- Mar 06
- A reminder that, despite its many serious problems and egregious mistakes, US power is still preferable to the aggressive authoritarianism on display in Ukraine. #mbi_context -- Putin Proves There Are Worse Things Than American Power -- Mar 06
- Evidence that the left, as well as the right, is engaged in an all-out effort to alter the electoral rules for partisan advantage. Where does this stop? #mbi_context -- Republicans Discover the Horror of Gerrymandering -- Mar 03
- A reminder that there is a large constituency waiting to support anyone who can find a way to defuse our hyper-polarized political dysfunction. #mbi_context -- I reject both parties’ ideas of Americanism. And I’m not the only one. -- Mar 03
- Amid widespread calls for revitalizing civic education, an in-depth, critical review of competing curricula. #mbi_context -- Learning for Self-Government -- Mar 03
- Reflections on the critical need to prevent a second Putinesque Trump Presidency, the mistakes that Democrats are making that are moving the country in that direction. #mbi_context -- Defeat Trump, Now More Than Ever -- Mar 02
- Amid the all too common demonization of the Canadian Truckers, a must read article that tells the other side of the story. #mbi_context -- Between The World And Men -- Mar 02
- How would you like to be a public school teacher caught in the crossfire between demands coming from the extremes of the left and the right. #mbi_context -- New critical race theory laws have teachers scared, confused and self-censoring -- Mar 02
