I suppose I should have devoted this peice to the memory of Jürgen Habermas, scourge of the post-truth postmodernists. For a useful essay explaining what Habermas was all about, here’s a piece by Saqib Mohammad: medium.com/@saaqibhat/t…. Even better, the Jesuits have a thing or two to say: americamagazine.org/sho…

The entire mission of the Real Story newsletter is aligned unashamedly with what you might call the Habermas analysis. Not that I’m all that interested in deep philosophy, but this is all you need to know about why I’d be drawn to him: nationalpost.com/opinio….