Daniel Ross Goodman

2 weeks ago | thepublicdiscourse.com | Daniel Ross Goodman

The recent turmoil at Columbia University offers a stark lesson in the complexities of combating anti-Semitism in academia. On March 7, 2025, the Trump administration froze $400 million in federal grants to the university, citing its failure to curb rampant harassment of Jewish students—a move that underscored a genuine crisis but quickly spiraled into a broader controversy.

1 month ago | kiplinger.com | Daniel Ross Goodman

For decades, public-sector retirees with state-backed pensions have faced reductions in their Social Security benefits due to the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions were designed to adjust Social Security payments for those receiving government pensions. But now, that’s all changed. With the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA), both WEP and GPO have been repealed.

Feb 1, 2024 | thelondonlyceum.com | Daniel Ross Goodman

In the aptly titled The Descent of Man (1871), Charles Darwin confronts a vexing question from the perspective of natural selection: why be good? Darwin imagined an archetypical scenario involving two warring tribes. The army comprised of the bravest soldiers won the conflict. However, of that same army, the soldiers who bravely stepped to the front of the line were precisely the ones most likely to die.

Jan 5, 2024 | medium.com | Daniel Ross Goodman

How Science And Skepticism Have Ruined Science and SkepticismA Personal Story of How The Scientific Community Deflates Hope With Stark DogmaThroughout my life I have always excelled in a scholarly sense. I was admitted to the accelerated or ‘gifted’ program in grade school. In high school I took many AP and honors’ classes, scoring high marks in all state and national tests, and received a scholarship to Tulane University for Mathematics.

Nov 26, 2023 | theimaginativeconservative.org | Daniel Ross Goodman

The more religious I am the happier I am. But I actually argue that there are very earthly reasons for why that link might exist. To the extent that religion provides me greater communality, it offers me some form of purpose and meaning, it allows me to have greater bonds of reciprocity within group members—those are all very earthly human needs.