Tag / HuffPost
-
![]()
The Borders Around Our Own Empathy
When a suicide bomber detonated at an arena concert in Manchester in May 2017, it shook America to its bones. A little more than a week later, when a car bomb exploded at a busy market in Kabul, Afghanistan, America merely shivered. Terrorist attacks are ubiquitous and hard to keep up with, and an individual’s…
-
![]()
Affirmative Action and Asian Americans
Since the Department of Justice announced its investigation into the effects of affirmative action on Asian Americans, there has been renewed attention on Edward Blum’s case against race-based admissions at Harvard. I’ve grown increasingly troubled with the fierce discussion that has erupted over this news. I could easily be a plaintiff in Blum’s case: first-generation…
-
![]()
How the Other Half Learns
Okay, I confess. I check up on Breitbart once in a while. I occasionally visit Drudge Report, too. And if you don’t already, I think you should as well. If I haven’t lost you already, I can explain. This is not some sort of Millian exercise in broadening my horizons to let the best ideas…
