Elisabeth Braw
Fostering social capital is a national-security issue
‘For now, the order of the day in Europe is “social distancing” to limit the spread of Covid-19. That threatens to accentuate fragmentation, not
heal it’
Chords and discords
Musical excellence can blunt the edge of political disputes
The PhD Generals
In the 1980s, PhD students from the military, like David Petraus, were the exception. But academia and the US army increasingly intersect
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts