Why Do Conservatives Keep Hyper-Sexualizing Men in Dresses? The moral panic about drag shows says more about what conservatives find to be sexual than it does about what's appropriate for kids.
A Rorschach Test for the State of American Free Speech That people feel less comfortable expressing all their beliefs than they used to doesn't tell us much about the state of free speech in America.
Goodwill, Sympathetic Joy, and Liberalism's Foundations Mere tolerance is necessary for liberalism to function, but liberalism becomes stronger if we can move beyond it.
Blog No, Midjourney (and other AI) Is Not Stealing Your Work The argument that AI image generators steal from artists would mean that all artists are thieves.
A Crash Course in Cultivating Liberal Virtues Perfect virtue is impossible, and moral growth is challenging. But we can improve ourselves in practical ways, even if we can't achieve the ideal.
Essays Social Conservatism is Suffering We cannot make permanent what is inevitably impermanent, and insisting otherwise brings distress. Better to embrace dynamism and social diversity.
Essays You Haven’t Been Canceled. You’re Just Unlikable. To assess the threat of cancel culture, we need to distinguish behaviors from ideas.
A Twitter Eulogy How a death made me appreciate the uniqueness of the friendships Twitter makes possible.
(Anti-)Wokeism as a Rorschach Test Liberal speech norms and deciding which ideas are worthy of engagement.
