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Would You Rather Have Butter or Guns?
Trumpism and the menace of political violence.
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Alan Flanagan
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Requiem for a Failing State
The psychopathology of Tory reign to New(er) Labour.
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Alan Flanagan
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June 2024

What Comes Next for Iran?
The coming presidential election will cement theocratic control and perpetuate the Islamic Republic's empire-by-proxy.
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Alan Flanagan

May 2024

Freedom of Speech and the Skokie Legacy
Defending the principle vs. the practice of free speech.
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Alan Flanagan
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From the Safe Space to the Sea
Anti-Semitism with Progressive Characteristics
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Alan Flanagan
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April 2024

The Nature of Evidence, Standards of Proof, and Certainty
The challenge of producing actionable evidence is not absolution of the need for evidence-based practice.
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Alan Flanagan
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Falsification, the Cass Review, and the Postmodernisation of Science
A lesson in subverting scientific integrity to social causes.
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Alan Flanagan
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March 2024

So, Israel is No Longer a Liberal Democracy?
What that does, and doesn't, mean.
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Alan Flanagan
Historical Rigour and Future Prescience
History provides the opportunity to shine some insightful light on the road ahead.
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Alan Flanagan
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February 2024

Mahsa Amini, Islamism, and the Moral Incoherence of the Western Left
Western Left/Progressives never fail to convey the lack of substance behind their manufactured beliefs.
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Alan Flanagan
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Law, Science, and the Loss of Shared Reality
A shared reality requires a shared sense-making framework.
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Alan Flanagan
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Magician Argues for the Existence of Magic
Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, hopes to conjure forth the omnipotent Market.
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Alan Flanagan
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