Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories starts with a description of the Dreyfus Affair. Marcel Danesi discusses how a piece of fake news in 1894 took Continue Reading
In The Righteous Mind, Jonathan Haidt sets out a compelling theory on the basis of partisanship in politics and its relationship to religion. Haidt covers Continue Reading
I picked up Win Every Argument in the airport on my way back to Bangkok and I am glad I did. It really helped put Continue Reading
For those who believe “history doesn’t repeat itself but it rhymes” there is no better historian than Timothy Snyder, and in On Tyranny he condenses Continue Reading