By Ray Williams March 11, 2021 Researchers have mapped an underlying “psychological signature” for people who are predisposed to holding extreme social, political or religious attitudes, and support violence in the name of ideology. Although human existence is...
By Ray Williams January 19, 2021 Did Pope Francis endorse Donald Trump? No. And yet, millions shared this story on social media, and many believed it. Why? The proliferation of fake news. What’s fake news? Stories that are presented in such a way that they...
By Ray Williams August 1, 2020 Incivility is on the rise in America. Why? Because of the recent recession and growing economic inequality? Because the undercurrent of racism and anti-immigrant beliefs are now more in the open? Because of the increased polarization...
By Ray Williams April 18, 2020 The recent and ongoing virus pandemic has exposed a serious flaw in American democracy—virulent anti-intellectualism and a war against expert. This anti-expert, anti-intellectualism has a long history in America, which...
