US healthcare fears innovation. So did Plato in the 4th century BC
by Rashmee
Posted on September 24, 2020
US healthcare, or the lack thereof, is afflicted by a problem that would have been …
Read MoreEveryone’s writing about philosophy. Especially the pundits
by Rashmee
Posted on September 23, 2020
On September 8, Washington Post columnist David Von Drehle wrote a piece on the lessons …
Read MoreThe centre-left cleaves to a principle enunciated by Plato
by Rashmee
Posted on July 19, 2020
Following on from what I recently wrote about the centre-left’s fidelity to principle , it’s …
Read MoreDoes the centre-left have the ideological flexibility to take power?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 18, 2020
In the days before the coronavirus epidemic struck, there was a growing sense that the …
Read MoreSocrates would’ve marvelled at Trump: Here’s an ‘honest’ politician who lives & succeeds
by Rashmee
Posted on July 6, 2019
N.B.: After publication, I had to qualify the word “honest” in the headline because it …
Read MorePresident Trump seems almost to wear the mythical Ring of Gyges, and yet…
by Rashmee
Posted on August 26, 2018
For those who despair at sight and sound of unfit people in high office, it’s …
Read MoreIt’s not democracy Vs epistocracy: The elected should seek expert advice
by Rashmee
Posted on May 11, 2018
One of the most famous images in philosophy concerns something we recently discussed: rule by …
Read MoreThis is a re-done blog on democracy. Everyone said the other one was impenetrable
by Rashmee
Posted on May 10, 2018
I heard it from a few readers – that blog was impenetrable, they said. So …
Read MoreWhy are we comparing the virtues of democracy Vs epistocracy?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 9, 2018
David Runciman, a politics professor at Cambridge, recently defended democracy by warning against rule by …
Read MoreFake news? Socrates gives it the finger. Lessons for the mainstream media
by Rashmee
Posted on February 21, 2017
A piece in The Guardian the other day made a key point about the angst …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK