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    Musk, Twitter, and the "Town Square"
    • May 3
    • 7 min

    Musk, Twitter, and the "Town Square"

    If you’re a fan of honest discourse, the announcement that eccentric electric-car-and-rocket magnate Elon Musk was buying Twitter was...
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    Is College Worth It?
    • Apr 20
    • 10 min

    Is College Worth It?

    Time for another LogicChecker, this one based on an editorial that appeared in the New York Times a couple of weeks back, one that...
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    Disinformation
    • Mar 21
    • 4 min

    Disinformation

    Like many people trying to popularize critical-thinking and media-literacy methodologies, one of my goals with LogicCheck and other...
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    Examining Priors
    • Feb 28
    • 13 min

    Examining Priors

    At the risk of coming off as heartless in the face of this week’s horrific events in Ukraine, I’d like to perform a little Logic Checking...
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    Arguing Over the Filibuster
    • Jan 14
    • 8 min

    Arguing Over the Filibuster

    Time for a good-ol’ LogicChecker which takes a look at the reasoning behind a political argument, in this case an editorial that appeared...
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    A Million-in-One Shot
    • Jan 10
    • 6 min

    A Million-in-One Shot

    This Sunday’s edition of my local paper, The Boston Globe, included a couple of op-eds worth analyzing, starting with this piece...
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    Christmas Cartoons
    • Dec 9, 2021
    • 3 min

    Christmas Cartoons

    This special holiday episode of LogicCheck is dedicated to an evergreen in political cartooning: the use of Christmas-related images to...
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    How to Think About the Lab-Leak Hypothesis
    • Jun 1, 2021
    • 4 min

    How to Think About the Lab-Leak Hypothesis

    Over the last month, an idea once condemned as a conspiracy theory and banned from social media and polite conversation – the so-called...
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    LogicChecking Johnson and Johnson
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 4 min

    LogicChecking Johnson and Johnson

    It’s been a while since I provided you a LogicChecker that looks at the arguments behind important news events, which is why I’d like to...
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    "Regardless of Intent"
    • Feb 18, 2021
    • 7 min

    "Regardless of Intent"

    I wanted to use this week’s LogicChecker to introduce a set of techniques that can increase the power of an argument through strategic...
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    At the Stroke of a Pen
    • Feb 4, 2021
    • 7 min

    At the Stroke of a Pen

    Keeping with the theme of showcasing examples of high-quality arguments, I’d like to pick one today that illustrates multiple attributes...
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    The Good Argument
    • Jan 19, 2021
    • 9 min

    The Good Argument

    A new colleague I met at last week’s American Philosophical Association (APA) conference in cyberspace recommended that I share an...
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    A Complex Argument for Opening Schools
    • Sep 3, 2020
    • 7 min

    A Complex Argument for Opening Schools

    How well does New York Times columnist @NickKristof make his case for school reopening?
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    Who Should Return to Campus?
    • May 28, 2020
    • 3 min

    Who Should Return to Campus?

    What would it look like if colleges and universities used logic checking to determine whether and how to reopen?
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    Too Much Logos
    • May 16, 2020
    • 6 min

    Too Much Logos

    A reasonable argument can fail to persuade due to too much reliance on logos (logic)
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    Unlocking Our Lives
    • May 7, 2020
    • 6 min

    Unlocking Our Lives

    Here's a real argument, rather than a fight, over how to best manage the reopening of society.
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    Arguing to End Presidential Briefing Coverage
    • Apr 16, 2020
    • 4 min

    Arguing to End Presidential Briefing Coverage

    Is there a strong argument for ending press coverage of President Trump's daily Covid briefings?
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    Bernie Sanders – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
    • Apr 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    Bernie Sanders – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

    What does Bernie Sanders' farewell address teach us about forensic, demonstrative and deliberative argumentation?
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    Whom to Blame
    • Apr 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    Whom to Blame

    Who can we blame for the severity of the Conoravirus in the US?
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    Firing the Audience
    • Mar 19, 2020
    • 6 min

    Firing the Audience

    Can a Toulmin diagram help us determine if audiences should be banned from debates in the future?
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