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LARKIN: Moving Toward the Radical Center

LARKIN: Moving Toward the Radical Center

By Tanner Larkin November 15, 2017

Liberalism seems to have gone out of fashion. This trend should be worrying because liberalism — the ideology centered on individual liberties, pluralism and tolerance — is the foundation of our...

LARKIN: Remove Violence From Ideological Fights

LARKIN: Remove Violence From Ideological Fights

By Tanner Larkin November 1, 2017

On Inauguration Day, a black-clad vigilante figure punched white nationalist leader Richard Spencer on camera. Viewed around the world, the punch elicited mixed — but often positive — reactions online. For...

LARKIN: Evade Orwellian Echoes

LARKIN: Evade Orwellian Echoes

By Tanner Larkin October 18, 2017

In 1943, George Orwell wrote that he feared “the very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world.” The preceding decades saw mass disinformation campaigns through the extensive use of...

LARKIN: Reaffirm Free Speech to Battle Hate

LARKIN: Reaffirm Free Speech to Battle Hate

By Tanner Larkin October 4, 2017

“Hate speech is not free speech!” read one sign that greeted Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week when he arrived at Georgetown University Law Center to address freedom of expression on college...

LARKIN: Root Out Insidious Hate

LARKIN: Root Out Insidious Hate

By Tanner Larkin September 20, 2017

They were both blood red. One was a little smeared; the other had cleaner lines. These were the second and third swastikas found on campus this semester, and this is the second time I have had to start...

LARKIN: Inhabiting the Radical Center

LARKIN: Inhabiting the Radical Center

By Tanner Larkin September 6, 2017

Western liberalism is in retreat. This crisis is bigger than just the wannabe-authoritarian in the White House. Our entire society is losing faith in liberal democracy, and surveys indicate our generation...

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