Tag Archives: Sam Harris

The Other “Identity Liberalism”

Posted on December 3, 2016 by mupetblast

Mark Lilla’s piece for The NYT, “The End of Identity Liberalism,” has been making the rounds lately, and for good reason. See passages like this: For a full year I read only European publications, not American ones. My thought was … Continue reading →

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Must-Read Interview with Sam Harris

Posted on November 28, 2015 by mupetblast

The New Atheist’s interview with Salon – a publication largely hostile to the Bertrand Russell-style liberalism of Harris and his ilk – is better read at Harris’s own website, in its unedited form. (A portion of the interview that badmouths … Continue reading →

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Awe Shucks

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

There’s quite a bit of vitriol splashed around in this new post by Sam Harris, and, as so often with his work, there’s also much that’s worth discussing at length, but for now let’s just note that the point that … Continue reading →

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“Islamophobia”

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

In an earlier post here, Mr. Hume and Jackson Doughart, reacting to an exchange between Glenn Greenwald and Sam Harris, discuss (amongst many things) the way that the notion of ‘Islamophobia’ has been used to try to stifle those who … Continue reading →

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A World Without Guns? No Thanks.

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Sam Harris is a “New Atheist” and a Second Amendment skeptic too — wait, wait – and there’s a lot to disagree with in this new piece of his (“collective psychosis”, good lord). Nevertheless, agree or … Continue reading →

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Not Necessarily Woo-Woo?

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Sam Harris goes on a spiritquest: In writing my next book, I will have to confront the animosity that many people feel for the term “spiritual.” Whenever I use the word—as in referring to meditation as a “spiritual practice”—I inevitably … Continue reading →

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Science and public policy

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

New York Times Deputy Science Editor Dennis Overbye celebrated the alleged “restoration of science” under the Obama Administration this week, sounding a Chris Matthews-ian note of ecstasy about Obama’s ascension.   I agree with most of Overbye’s essay, which makes a … Continue reading →

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