Best of TaraElla, Jul-Nov 2018



Moral Libertarian Themes of the Month:
The Moral Libertarian Case Against Victim Mentality

In The Hit Job:
Will progressives learn their lessons?
Why Jordan Peterson is not necessarily bad for the LGBT community

In Medium:
We Don’t Need Populism, Conservative or Left-wing
On President Donald Trump vs Google, Facebook, CNN and NBC

Song of the month:

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