Anti-Expertism

fallible, contexual, and limited knowledge

Category: Politics

this pretty much made my night

My general axiom: If you can keep them guessing, then you’re doing it right.

Obama as Shaman

Using a slightly different tack than my last two political posts, Michael Knox Beran argues that the undercurrent of Obama’s charisma is the assumption of a communual society where people are fundamentally good.
In other (my) words, if elected, he could usher in a New Jerusalem: 
The danger of Obama’s charismatic healer-redeemer fable lies in the hubris it [...]

Polarization

The Soap Box: Election ‘08
My little soap box largely rests on the ideas I wrote about last post, so I tend to be less concerned with politics than most and, further, recognize the Democrat and Republican are not some sort of ontological marker of who is smart and not. Politics aside, I cannot stand behind [...]