As scholars of political rhetoric, we find the special prosecutor’s indictment against Donald J. Trump in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case significant because it reaffirms the role of rational ...

Understanding religion requires the setting aside of doctrine in favor of the investigation of anthropology. As you might imagine, this is not encouraged by any religion. We come closest to such ...

For the last few years, a question haunts me and perhaps no doubt many of my fellow citizens and teachers: What happed to rational deliberation and the willingness to be persuaded — and will this kind ...

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The other day, a serious thinker about American, whom I know, explained to me a conclusion that he’d reached: “Rational argument doesn’t touch people’s political thinking,” he declared. “What moves ...

Whenever I write something that exposes the lies and deceptions of Donald Trump and his congressional enablers, I can count on getting a response that goes something like this: “It doesn’t matter, ...

The big idea: Distinguishing rational arguments from those based on an organization's cultural bias (the way we do things) and political considerations (what's in it for me) can lead to a more robust ...

Ingo Rademacher, the longtime "General Hospital" actor suing Disney-owned ABC over Covid-19 vaccine mandates, told FNC's "Tucker Carlson Today" that he is standing up to corporate vaccine mandates. “I ...

Anxious about the state of the country? You’re not alone. Seven in 10 Americans across all age groups report negative feelings when asked about what’s happening today in the United States. Democrats ...

Some of our most formerly venerable medical journals are becoming increasingly radical. Critical Care Medicine, the journal for intensive care doctors, is a case in point. In the past, the Ethics ...

Steven Pinker’s new bestseller, “Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters,” is filled with riddles and quizzes and problems to ponder. Reading it, I bombed on every single one. The ...

Things are going well for the gay marriage movement. Judges in the unlikeliest corners of the country have been striking down bans on same-sex marriage. Check out the weddings Monday in Arkansas. And, ...