Robin KoernerMar 219 minDeadly Bias and COVID-19: Are We On the Right Track?Has anyone done the math - or are we just reacting; and if we are, have we (to adulterate a fashionable expression in progressive circles) “
Robin KoernerJun 7, 20196 minThe Liars We Trust – Why We Choose Transparency Over TruthMany people who favorably view Donald Trump and politicians like him, talk up his “authenticity” or his “telling it as it is”. Even many of those who profoun...
Robin KoernerOct 6, 201831 minHow Facts Get Chosen and Minds Get Changed One of my recent articles, “The Mistake You Make in Every Political Argument” (Mistake) made the claim that most political arguments that seem to turn on a d...
Robin KoernerAug 16, 201814 minThe Mistake You Make in Every Political ArgumentWe’ve all been sufficiently frustrated by the gap between the values someone espouses and the policies they support that we’ve gotten into political argument...
Robin KoernerMar 28, 20186 minThe Diagnosis & Treatment of Ideological PossessionJordan Peterson, the Canadian professor of psychology who in the last year has become North America’s most popular public intellectual, has spent many decade...
Robin KoernerDec 18, 201717 minPolitical Scientism – Beware the Enlightened OnesIt’s Not What You Believe. It’s How You Believe It George Orwell’s novel 1984 has been selling in large numbers to people scared of a lurch toward authoritar...
Robin KoernerDec 18, 201737 minPurism Isn’t Principled in an Impure World (or: Why the Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good) Margaret Thatcher once said that “politics at its purest is philosophy in action”. As someone who gave her nam...
Robin KoernerApr 12, 201714 minAuthoritarians to the Right of Me, Authoritarians to the LeftAuthoritarians to the Right of Me Trump’s election caused a spike in sales of George Orwell’s famous novel, 1984 – apparently to people who believe that his ...
