Mark Dunbar
Mark Dunbar is a freelance writer based in Indianapolis. He can be reached by email at mark.dunbar1988@gmail.com or on Twitter @Mark1Dunbar.
Posts by Mark Dunbar
Populists and Progressives
“Do you believe in a citizen’s right to gun ownership?” “I do.” “Do you believe that the life of an unborn child should be... Read More
The History of Philosophy
BY A.C. GRAYLING PENGUIN PRESS, 2019 704PP.; $35.00 If A.C. Grayling’s The History of Philosophy were a river, it would be shallow with a... Read More
A Visit to the New Vonnegut Library and Museum
Canonization can do irreparable harm to a person's reputation. What got them notoriety in the first place was their willingness to fight for something,... Read More
Book Review: Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
BY RONAN FARROW LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY, 2019 414 PP.; $30.00 "It's a big club, and you ain't in it." So goes the punchline... Read More
The Case Against Free Speech: The First Amendment, Fascism, and the Future of Dissent
P.E. MOSKOWITZ BOLD TYPE BOOKS, 2019 272 PP.; $28.00 Words like “controversial” and “provocative” are overused. When you read or hear that so-and-so’s stand-up... Read More
Of Gods & Bosses
RELIGIOUS FEELING has always been a catalyst for both extreme resistance and extreme acquiescence to power. As Frederick Douglass wrote in his 1845 memoir,... Read More
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas
BY COREY ROBIN HENRY HOLT & CO., 2019 320 PP.; $30.00 Clarence Thomas is the most right-wing justice on the Supreme Court, and one... Read More