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What is the biggest story of 2019? There is some competition.

This Week in Common Sense, December 30, 2019 — January 3, 2020.

Initiative, Referendum and Recall (refresh for more)

What’s Next, Democracy?
SharingNot all votes are democratic, for — as Stalin pointed out — it’s not …
But Not ‘By’ the People
SharingOur ability to vote directly on the chief issues of …
Constitutionally Unsuited for the Job
SharingYou can’t answer every random fallacy uttered by fierce foes …
Pucker Up
“Never have so few applied so much lipstick to such …
The One-Man Petition Drive
SharingHurray for John Smelser! After five months of unfailing footwork, in …

Popular Posts (refresh for more)

Abolishing You
SharingIn a recent Washington Post essay — “Is the individual obsolete?” — syndicated columnist George …
Christmas Is Coming
SharingWhen I was a kid, every December day was like a rocket-launch countdown …
That Time Paul Harvey Called Me on the Phone
SharingPaul reviews the week’s big stories here on Common Sense …
E‑Panic
SharingOne of the better arguments for government relies upon sobriety: …
Skepticism in Order
SharingIt is not a question of “belief,” says Anastasios Tsonis. In “The …

Thought of the Day

Once the most potent moral figure in Western culture was Jesus Christ. Believer or unbeliever, you took your ethical bearings from him, or professed to. To question his morals was to expose yourself as a monster. Now, the most potent moral figure in Western culture is Adolf Hitler. It is as monstrous to praise him as it would once have been to disparage Jesus. He has become the fixed reference point by which we define evil.
Alec Ryrie, Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt (November 2019). See also “The End of the Age of Hitler,” First Things, November 2024.

— Alec Ryrie

Alec Ryrie

The Articles

Abolish. Or Set in Stone

Destroying Dane Farming

Disaster Relief Pass-Over

Exemplary Rejections

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