On behalf of all New Democrats, I extend my warmest wishes to Buddhists in Canada and around the world who are celebrating Vesak.

Today is an opportunity for us all to reflect on Buddha’s core teachings of peace, compassion, and service.

'Philosophy is to be studied, not for the sake of any definite answers to its questions...rather for the sake of the questions themselves... because, through the greatness of the universe which philosophy contemplates, the mind is also rendered great.'

--Bertrand Russell.

President Gertler’s message to the community and its response to UofT Occupy for Palestine today is an outrage, a travesty of lies and threats and gaslighting.

How dare you threaten your students and faculty with police?
SHAME.

I have invited the talented m. p. Mary Peterson (PhD student in philosophy at the University of Hamburg) to discuss with me the complex life & philosophy of Baruch Spinoza. Tomorrow we film the episode. #TheYoungIdealist .

LEO Union Council issued the following statement: leounion.org/blog/leo-union…

On Liberty's a good start but if you want to know how Mill's views apply to twenty-first century political debates, you might want to check out some of his other books:

jacobin.com/2021/05/john-s…

This is such fantastic news! Dan was one of the most talented writers I worked with when I was an editor, and I learned firsthand of his gifts as a thinker and scholar. His students will be supremely fortunate to have such a dedicated, brilliant teacher

Liberalism as a Way of Life is at the top of The New Yorker list of this week's best new books.

newyorker.com/best-books-2024

Enjoying a cocktail on the terrace. Good way to spend an evening.

Lol you should really bother to read my thread. The whole point is this idea of rebutting by periodizing citations is silly. Hayek was a very smart guy. So was Adorno, as serious critics like Scruton acknowledged when he rebutted the former's work with care.

Despite being active in the 1920s and doing his main academic work mid-century Hayek 's work remained largely uncited and little noticed until suddenly spiking in the 1980s.

Once again, capitalist political trendiness mattered more than merit in their adoption...

Congrats. May you relive this moment eternally.

Thrilled to announce that I’ve accepted a tenure-track position as the Übermensch.

welcome back Socrates of Athens

What the ICC prosecutor has said is that there must be standards.

If you're a dictator, if you're a terrorist, if you're an elected official, you cannot wage all-out war against civilians.

For my book promo, I’ve been asked to list five important books for me, along with a little write-up. I’ll tweet them.

1. Rawls, A Theory of Justice; 2. Shklar, Ordinary Vices. The #3 and #4 spots are a pair, starting with Helena Rosenblatt, The Lost History of Liberalism.

Excited to read this at Paul suggestion, since there's apparently some in depth discussion of liberal socialist thinking

I'm pretty overt about liking the Nordic states, and yes I do discuss it somewhat in the liberal socialism book