Loving math and secularizing religious freedom
While criticizing Andrew Hacker’s book on math education, Evelyn Lamb wrote: I am a mathematician, thinking about math brings me great joy, and I want mor...
Tag: Strategy
The ‘purpose of science’ debate goes back centuries
Last March Science Careers highlighted my friend Kenny Gibbs’ research: Academic science could attract and keep more under-represented minority scientists...
Cognitive change is not social change
I want to reflect some more on this Freddie post where he equates activism with education: To call yourself an activist is precisely to say “It is my job to edu...
Activism as education
Freddie critiques an essay on police brutality for not offering a solution: In other words, the piece recounts in exacting detail a political problem but does n...
What’s the theory of politics for ‘saving’ religious freedom?
Rachel Lu suggests a path forward for religious freedom: We don’t have to play identity politics in a shameless or misleading way. I don’t want anyone to feign ...
Universalizing religious freedom
Commenter David Bruggeman asks some sharp questions on my recent post: The limits of religious freedom are an important part of these discussions. At what point...
Strategy versus operations in religious freedom
The other day I was chatting with one of my more successful friends about her career. She’s worked in international development for a global foundation, c...
On reclaiming a pejorative word
Via an ancient Andrew Sullivan post, here is Margaret Talbot on an embracing insults and social change: Banning is really only for words that solely degrade or ...