Cowardice and Ebola

Posted on October 20, 2014
Image:
Consider the current debate over the appropriate response to the Ebola virus as it spreads beyond its epicenter in West Africa. Does the discourse of cowardice, and its antonyms bravery and courage, play any role in this debate? Should it?
Read more

Cozy Up to Whole Foods

Posted on October 28, 2014
Image: Whole Foods “Values Matter” campaign ad, Wall Street Journal, October 2014.

Whole Foods Market is tired of your “whole paycheck” jokes. Recently, “America’s healthiest grocery store” launched a multi-million dollar advertising campaign titled Values Matter.

Read more

Divided We (Barely) Stand

Posted on October 30, 2014
Image:
Brooks is persuasive about the pernicious consequences of partyism, but I find his explanation for it both baffling and incomplete.
Read more