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March 2015

March 03, 2015

Life Lessons that Can’t be Taught at College’s Scale

In Ethika Politika, Margaret Blume explains why she's preferred her studies at Notre Dame to her...

October 2013

October 08, 2013

Is it Hard Out Here for a Humanist?

My alma mater is turning up in religious news stories this week. It turns out...

November 2012

November 17, 2012

My Hatred of Football Outweighs My Apathy for Harvard

I hate football. If humans are the thinking animal, football (and the hard hits and...

August 2012

August 12, 2012

“Didn’t you ever break on the floor?”

This post is a follow-up to a reflection on how going to rationality camp made...

August 11, 2012

The gift my weirdo debate friends gave me

Tonight is the summer alumni debate of my philosophical debating group, and I’ve had an...

February 2012

February 01, 2012

Radical Skepticism is Delusional

I had a lovely weekend arguing with undergraduates and alumni at my debating group's annual...

January 2012

January 27, 2012

Intelligently Designing a Debate on Religion

This week, I attended a debate on "Does God Exist?" co-sponsored by the DC branch...

November 2011

November 17, 2011

Isn’t that Sweeney there beside you?

I'm in transit today. It's the weekend of the Harvard-Yale football game, and I'm headed...

October 2011

October 24, 2011

Infinite Inaccuracy

I spent the weekend at an alumni event for my college debating group. In the...

May 2011

May 24, 2011

A bit of Pomp and Circumstance

Commencement bore little resemblance to this, but that's my only complaint I am now a Yale...

May 06, 2011

7 Quick Papers (5/6/11)

--1-- I'm up late tonight writing my last college paper ever. After I finish this...

April 2011

April 25, 2011

It is Written!

I've just turned in my senior essay (which I glossed in a recent 7 Quick...

April 15, 2011

7 Quick Takes (3/15/11)

--1-- Turns out I'm pulling an all nighter with a problem set tonight, so this...

April 14, 2011

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

It's Bulldog Days -- the preview weekend for students admitted to Yale. I'm busy all...

April 12, 2011

On Not Respecting Autonomy

This was more fun to use as an illustration of 'nudge' than Cass Sunstein's book...

April 11, 2011

Where Yuan Went Wrong (Part 3)

This is part of a series of posts which tackles sexual ethics and debating strategies...

April 09, 2011

Ex-Gays and Debating Mores (Index Post)

On April 1st, 2011, it turned out that the advertised visit from an ex-gay, Protestant...

April 08, 2011

Where Yuan Went Wrong (Part 2)

This is part of a series of posts which tackles sexual ethics and debating strategies...

April 07, 2011

Where Yuan Went Wrong (Part 1)

This is part of a series of posts which tackles sexual ethics and debating strategies...

April 06, 2011

The Ex-Gay Lecture Letdown

This is part of a series of posts which tackles sexual ethics and debating strategies...

April 05, 2011

Get Up to Speed on Yale’s Ex-Gay Speaker

I'm off to face down Tristyn of Eschatological Psychosis and other fine speakers tonight at...

March 2011

March 02, 2011

Living on a Prayer

I really want to reply to Alex Knapp, especially since he's already found the time...

February 2011

February 20, 2011

Ethics Case Study #2: Senior Gift

The last post I wrote about parts of my ethics that my friends label as...

January 2011

January 14, 2011

7 Quick Takes (1/14/11)

School has begun so, for this week's Quick Takes, I'm listing the classes I'll be...

October 2010

October 19, 2010

Two Debates that aren’t about Religion

Unfortunately, I won't have time to do an appropriate post for Unequally Yoked today, but...

September 2010

September 10, 2010

7 Quick Takes (9/10/10)

--1-- This week I announced my revamped posting schedule for the blog, and the...