Tag: New Ideal

Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopoulos look at common threads uniting the diverse the movements and regimes that have sought to destroy Israel since its founding seventy-five years ago. Recorded June 8, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYt20K39JJ8 Photo by Shai Pal on Unsplash

Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss the ideas behind growing conservative calls to resist technological and economic progress in the name of preserving familiar jobs. Recorded May 18, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=299nLFmdrkA Photo by Liam Riby on Unsplash

Twenty years since the U.S. invasion began, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo explore the moral and political lessons of the Iraq War. Recorded May 5, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlOaqmnrpRk Photo by Levi Meir Clancy on Unsplash

In March, an incident at Stanford Law school went viral, after a group of students shouted down a guest speaker -- a Federal appeals court judge -- whose views they opposed. When a university administrator arrived to defuse the conflict, she seemingly endorsed the hecklers. But in a remarkable development, Stanford Law School later apologized … Continue reading ‘Heckler’s Veto’ at Stanford Law School

In two related cases -- against Harvard and University of North Carolina -- the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn admissions policies that consider applicants’ race. Such “affirmative action” policies are defended for fostering “diversity” and fixing “underrepresentation.”But what are the philosophic ideas underlying these goals? Are these goals coherent? How can collectivized, race-conscious thinking remedy … Continue reading The Anti-Individualism of Affirmative Action

Elan Journo and Sam Weaver discuss Natalie Wexler's recent book The Knowledge Gap, and its implications for the state of American education. Recorded February 10, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtDGjiGdwcs Photo by Taylor Flowe on Unsplash