Al oversees all editorial operations at Logically, including our fact-checking, writing, investigations and policy research. Before joining Logically, Al worked as an academic philosopher, researching and teaching at the universities of Leeds, Hull and Sheffield. Al’s philosophical interests include the ethics of communication, storytelling and artificial intelligence, as well related issues in moral psychology. Al is also a recovering musician, a keen dungeon master, and a passionate defender of the oxford comma.
Following the UK government’s announcement that there would be further relaxation of social distancing measures from July 4th, an image has been doing the rounds on social media
The rise of the 24-hour news cycle in the US is largely credited to the grim spectacle of the OJ Simpson murder case in 1994. Since then, cable news, then online news, and then social media platforms have all scrambled mercilessly for our...
Last night, Biden carried Michigan by 16 points and won in every single county in the state. He also won by hefty margins in most of the other primary contests last night, but Michigan was the big one. Michigan was always going to be the...
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Remember when Warren was the front-runner? Since her announcement on Thursday that she would be dropping out of the race for the democratic nomination, Warren has been much eulogized across the party, including extremely warm words from her...
Joe Biden's surge on Super Tuesday can be put down to two key things, both of which followed directly from his remarkable win in South Carolina a few days prior. First, his victory gave the democratic establishment a reason (or an excuse) to...
This article's header image is by Gage Skidmore from Flickr.
This article's header image is by Gage Skidmore from Flickr.
Could COVID-19 cost Trump the 2020 election? Trump himself certainly seems to think so. Yesterday saw stock markets around the world plummet, breaking records in all the wrong directions. The sharp drop, in the range of what economists politely...