Empathy and Leadership: Why Romney Would be a Terrible President
What do we look for in a presidential candidate? Political experience, intelligence, charisma, and confidence are probably high up on the list. Good looks and an adherence to Christianity clearly don’t...
View ArticleWhat You’re Really Saying When You Say that Suicide is “Selfish”
I’m still thinking about the Chet Hanks suicide thing from last week and the various responses to it that I saw online. Specifically, I cited two comments that referred to suicide as...
View ArticleSunday Link Roundup
So I’ve decided to dedicate one post each week to sharing all the awesome things I read elsewhere on the Internet. Hopefully I actually remember to do this each week. 1. On the benefits of psychiatric...
View ArticleWhen Religious Minorities Oppose Freedom
Among the many different reactions garnered by Obama’s historic announcement of support for same-sex marriage, one that flew under the radar of most people–at least, most non-Jewish people–was that of...
View ArticleBlog Address Changing!
Hi! If you follow this blog and would like to keep doing so, please note that it will now be at http://open.salon.com/blog/brutereason. Alternatively, you can see it at http://brutereason.net. Thanks...
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