...but I thought I'd post a few things I recently read.
The Chicago Reader takes on neocon bogyman Leo Strauss, showing him not to be the granddaddy of the neoconservative movement that people make him out to be. Having taken a course on Strauss at Dal, it's something that I agree with - at the most his disciples have taken his philosophical works as political, something that is interesting given his explicit idea of separation between the philosopher and the polis.
Even cooler though, is an article from The New Republic on a trio of political psychologists who have been studying the effects of bringing up morality on the people's political behaviour. Apparently you get more conservative and hate outsiders more, which could explain much about American politics since 9/11.
Finally, a speech given to the APA about gender roles entitled, 'Is there anything good about men?'- one that will undoubtedly spark controversy, especially with its idea that men created culture through their superior extended networking abilities. An interesting read overall.
