Individualism’s Only Remedy
Nonprofits are America’s antidote to its own rampant individualism. An interesting and pivotal change took place over the last century in the way philanthropy was practiced in America. In the 18th and...
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If you love humanity in general, be careful not to neglect it in the particular. We often think of access to information as an inherent good. It’s hard to make a case to the contrary, but while I...
View ArticleThe Way Millennials Give, and Why it Should Concern Us
Millenials give to charity in dramatically different ways than their predecessors. Last month, The Chronicle of Philanthropy conducted an in-depth study on the future of philanthropy in America. The...
View ArticleFinding the Courage to Talk About Violence
In the wake of Baltimore’s riots, Raoul Wieland explores the nature and implications of violence and the social disconnection that inflames it. ___ One might say that violence is a type of language,...
View ArticleIndividualism’s Only Remedy
Nonprofits are America’s antidote to its own rampant individualism. An interesting and pivotal change took place over the last century in the way philanthropy was practiced in America. In the 18th and...
View ArticleThe Tyranny of Globalism Over Localism
If you love humanity in general, be careful not to neglect it in the particular. We often think of access to information as an inherent good. It’s hard to make a case to the contrary, but while I...
View ArticleThe Way Millennials Give, and Why it Should Concern Us
Millenials give to charity in dramatically different ways than their predecessors. Last month, The Chronicle of Philanthropy conducted an in-depth study on the future of philanthropy in America. The...
View ArticleFinding the Courage to Talk About Violence
In the wake of Baltimore’s riots, Raoul Wieland explores the nature and implications of violence and the social disconnection that inflames it. ___ One might say that violence is a type of language,...
View ArticleIndividualism’s Only Remedy
Nonprofits are America’s antidote to its own rampant individualism.An interesting and pivotal change took place over the last century in the way philanthropy was practiced in America. In the 18th and...
View ArticleThe Tyranny of Globalism Over Localism
If you love humanity in general, be careful not to neglect it in the particular.We often think of access to information as an inherent good. It’s hard to make a case to the contrary, but while I would...
View ArticleThe Way Millennials Give, and Why it Should Concern Us
Millenials give to charity in dramatically different ways than their predecessors.Last month, The Chronicle of Philanthropy conducted an in-depth study on the future of philanthropy in America. The...
View ArticleFinding the Courage to Talk About Violence
In the wake of Baltimore’s riots, Raoul Wieland explores the nature and implications of violence and the social disconnection that inflames it.___One might say that violence is a type of language, in...
View ArticleAmerican Exceptionalism and the Shape of Masculinity
—The idea that the United States of America is somehow unique and exceptional is nothing new. In fact, one of the first people to use the word “exceptional” to describe America to the world was Alexis...
View ArticlePC Culture’s Class Blindspot
In a lecture at the Heartland Festival last year, the Slovenian social philosopher Slavoj Zizek pointed out that proponents of political correctness (PC) often do not bring poor and working-class white...
View ArticleThe Politics of Loneliness
A funny thing happened to me halfway through the world pandemic shutdown. I suddenly felt no longer lonely. Several years before unforeseen circumstances forced me to leave my beloved California and...
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