Jason Blakely

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An atheist’s return to the Catholic Church: a story of death, love and meaning

Dec 9, 2024 | americamagazine.org | Jason Blakely

Among the philosophical and literary influences Jason Blakely mentions in his conversion story are (clockwise from top left) Charles Taylor, Friedrich Nietzsche and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The crucifix at top right hangs in St. Mary Magdalen Church in Berkeley, Calif. I graduated from high school in Colorado in 1999—the final year of the millennium and nearly 2,000 years after the birth of Christ.
My political beliefs are entirely rational. Yours are obviously nuts. - The Boston Globe

Oct 3, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Jason Blakely

For those on the right, however, it appears that the left is the group that has rejected healthy sexuality by denying that humans are naturally born into two sexes. From this vantage point, the left’s denial of an obvious fact represents not only a flight from indisputable biological truths but also a politically and morally dangerous dissolution of values in everything from family to sports.
Where Identity Politics Actually Comes From

Oct 3, 2023 | rb.gy | Jason Blakely

As the culture wars have continued to generate ever more intensely conflictual rhetoric, identity politics and “identitarianism” have come in for widespread criticism — not merely from conservatives but also from left-leaning liberals. Where conservatives see identity politics as part of a corrosive and even narcissistic turn away from traditional morality, liberals instead balk at it as inhibiting a rational and universalistic program for politics.
Where Identity Politics Actually Comes From

Oct 3, 2023 | chronicle.com | Jason Blakely

As the culture wars have continued to generate ever more intensely conflictual rhetoric, identity politics and “identitarianism” have come in for widespread criticism — not merely from conservatives but also from left-leaning liberals. Where conservatives see identity politics as part of a corrosive and even narcissistic turn away from traditional morality, liberals instead balk at it as inhibiting a rational and universalistic program for politics.
The Thin Line Between ‘Postliberalism’ and Theocracy

Aug 2, 2023 | chronicle.com | Jason Blakely

The motley band that on January 6, 2021, attacked the Capitol in hopes of overturning the election of President Joe Biden and forcibly installing former President Donald Trump as head of state saw itself as simultaneously loyal and rebellious, orderly and lawless. They were “conservatives” but also revolutionaries. They wanted regime change.
Scientism and COVID-19

Jul 31, 2023 | harpers.org | Jason Blakely |Christopher Beha

In his August cover story for Harper’s Magazine, Jason Blakely argues that an overreliance on scientific authority, or “scientism,” only furthered the divide between those who adhered to and those who disobeyed public health guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of engendering legitimacy through dialogue, Blakely says, policymakers passed down “neutral” doctrines in the name of science and often at the expense of other social values.
Doctor's Orders, by Jason Blakely

Jul 10, 2023 | harpers.org | Jason Blakely

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was not unusual to enter common spaces across the United States—grocery stores, malls, office buildings—and experience a kind of perceptual whiplash. People wearing N-95 masks and latex gloves stood beside others wearing no mask at all—or else letting their mandatory face coverings slouch flaccidly beneath their chins.