Author: James Poulos
By James Poulos • Jul 20,2008

News Flash

Psychology without Freud, economics without Marx, philosophy without Hegel: For disciplinary cheerleaders, this confirms intellectual progress. The cloudy old thinkers have made way for new scientific researchers. But at what...

By James Poulos • Jul 18,2008

We're All Will Smith Now

Sonny vs. the National Post: What the article fails to acknowledge is Smith’s talent as an actor; how is his persona any less acceptable than that of Bogart or Grant–similarly...

By James Poulos • Jul 18,2008

Teams, Cocoons, Politics

Ross, while commenting on Matt Yglesias’ departure from TheAtlantic.com, mentions in passing a lot of the things I find unpleasant about my own side of the partisan divide these days...

By James Poulos • Jul 16,2008

Romney Update / Ominous Forecasting

The reason you pick Romney is you want a very solid, competent debater, a good governing partner, someone who’ll do what you say, and someone who can communicate on economics....