Anyone can write platitudes, and anyone can write falsehoods, but it takes an aphorist to do both at once.
May 312019
May 302019
Late capitalism is a myth: late democracy is real.
May 292019
Group differences never reflect on the individual, only the other members of the group.
May 282019
The in-group and out-group are praised and blamed by the same people for exactly the same policies, and the bulk of American political commentary consists of party flacks pointing this out about the flacks of the other party.
May 272019
The especially rigid dogmatist can be identified by his frequent assurances that he always thinks for himself.
May 242019
Pay special regard to the most obvious, most widely disseminated, most often repeated nonsense — it is the loyalty test.
May 232019
History, for the progressive, is a bottomless source of self-regard. He reads of past men and past deeds, and thinks, “If only they were more like us!”
May 222019
Beliefs are no index to character, and if you believe otherwise, you are a bad person.
May 212019
To hide one’s beliefs takes effort, and attenuates them.
May 202019
Deductive conclusions, like the weather, are highly sensitive to initial conditions.