The Denial File
What We Can't Think About—and Why

Romney’s Taxes
Daniel Liechty | September 27, 2012
So Maria Bartiroma and Christian Heinze have taken to scolding the press, the Obama campaign and by extension the all rest of us for our …

Your iPhone, Creaturely Motives, and Prosthetic Identity
Kirby Farrell | September 18, 2012
When tech makes you feel superhuman. Recently psychiatrist John Wynn posted a nifty essay about people’s passionate identification with the late Steve Jobs and the …

Three Scenes from a School Day
Bill Bornschein | September 14, 2012
For this post I’d like to share three distinct Becker-related observations from a day at school. They do not come together to form an overarching …

Clint Eastwood Appreciation
Daniel Liechty | September 11, 2012
Good old Clint Eastwood is back in the news lately, following his “empty chair” speech at the Republican Convention. There is not much more to …

“Post-Birth” Abortion?
Daniel Liechty | September 7, 2012
There has been a lot of media hype this summer over an article published last February in The Journal of Medical Ethics. Supposedly, the …