Author: William Welty

“Trust me, I’m like a smart person.” – Donald Trump, 01/21/17 “[unintelligible]” – Donald Trump, AP Interview, 04/21/17 If, as Marx remarks somewhere, historical events and individuals always appear twice, first as tragedy and then as farce, the past year has shown the precise reversal: farce first, tragedy later. Such a reversal clears a space for further reconsideration. In a time of “post-truth” and “alternative facts,” both the Left and the Right are beginning (or continuing) to rethink longheld assumptions about truth, politics, morality, and decency. What then to do about the politics of post-truth? Thinkers like as Hegel,...