Opinion Abigail Joens-Witherow | 3 Nov 2017 Senator Jeff Flake: Courageous or Cowardly? In the wake of Senator Flake's announcement not to run for reelection, it is important to examine the intended or unintended consequences of resignation.
Opinion Gabriel Andrade | 27 Oct 2017 Was Obama Truly a Post-Racial President? Despite Barack Obama's attempts to brand himself as a post-racial president, Gabriel Andrade argues that the first black presidency fell victim to the identity politics damaging American society.
Reason, Listening and Fixing "How to Fix American Stupidity" What a cask of wine has to do with America's contemporary polarization. 13 Oct 2017 | Eric Walker
Social Change through Democracy: Same-Sex Marriage in Australia As Australia prepares to vote on same-sex marriage, is their vote-based approach ethical? 12 Oct 2017 | Jean Kazez
In Myanmar, A Failed Test for the International Community The crisis in Myanmar has raised criticism about the need for intervention - criticism that has even ensnared a Nobel laureate. 9 Oct 2017 | Luka Ignac
The Moral Complexities of Helping Refugees Though the humanitarian need to help refugees globally is self-evident, exactly how to do so could not be more complex. 8 Oct 2017 | Nathaniel Reed
Assessing the 2017 DePauw Dialogue: Was it Effective? Ever since the first DePauw Dialogue took place, questions around the value of the event have persisted. Did this year's dialogue do anything to change that? 5 Oct 2017 | Byron Mason II
Can There Be a Democratic Socialism? Some have pointed to democratic socialism as a movement that could solve the problems of both capitalism and fully-blown socialism. Is there any merit to the claim? 2 Oct 2017 | Gabriel Andrade
Price Gouging: Noble Virtue or Necessary Evil? Is price gouging in the wake of a natural disaster a necessary function of the market - or even a charitable act? 27 Sep 2017 | Kevin Guilfoy
Should DePauw be Concerned about First-Year Students of Color? Though DePauw's administration has worked to improve campus climate, bias incidents at the onset of the past three school years have made college a difficult transition for first-year students of color. 21 Sep 2017 | Byron Mason II
The Risks We Take When We Move Towards Isolationism Trump's move towards isolationism has wide-ranging implications for the international order - an order that has existed since WWII. 17 Sep 2017 | Nathaniel Reed
Please Don't Punch the Nazis When considering how to address the rise of the United States' far right, reflection on the type of hatred at play is needed. 16 Sep 2017 | Kevin Guilfoy
Has Venezuela Become a Dictatorship? Electoral changes brought on by Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro have dragged the country ever closer to dictatorship. 8 Aug 2017 | Gabriel Andrade
Why Conservatives Should Support Obamacare's Individual Mandate It's not just liberals. Conservatives have a compelling reason to support the Affordable Care Act's mandate that most people purchase health insurance. 7 Aug 2017 | Jean Kazez
O. J. Simpson and the Complicated Legacy of Identity Politics The O. J. Simpson case proved an early test for the effectiveness of identity politics - a trend with worrying contemporary implications. 19 Jul 2017 | Gabriel Andrade
Ryke Geerd Hamer and the Dangers of Positive Thinking Positive thinking has become a widely proposed solution to ills both medical and social. The legacy of Ryke Geerd Hamer suggests it harms more than helps. 11 Jul 2017 | Gabriel Andrade
In Understanding Catholicism's Satan, A Struggle over Symbolism What are the implications of viewing Satan as a symbol of evil, rather than an actual manifestation of it? 20 Jun 2017 | Gabriel Andrade
The Demagoguery of Shamanism in Latin America Gabriel Andrade argues that indigenous groups are being exploited by Latin American politicians in the name of identity politics. 6 Jun 2017 | Gabriel Andrade
Evaluating Solitary Confinement: A Matter of Values Debating the efficacy of solitary confinement in prisons is widespread. Examining the values underlying the practice merit discussion, too. 5 May 2017 | Daniel Beck
Easter and the Ethics of the Resurrection Can one consider herself a Christian if she does not believe in the resurrection of Christ? 20 Apr 2017 | Gabriel Andrade
Moral Philosophy Doesn’t Need a License to Cause Harm Director Andy Cullison argues against the notion that Peter Singer and Jeff McMahan's analysis of the Anna Stubblefield case is merely offensive, rather than harmful. 4 Apr 2017 | Andrew Cullison
The Implicit Bias of Zero Tolerance Policies On zero tolerance policies on juvenile crime and the school-to-prison pipeline. 3 Apr 2017 | Peper Langhout