Cycles of Outrage

I was published in the January–February 2008 issue of Liberty Magazine with a piece titled “Cycles of Outrage.”

In the piece, I discuss the recurring pattern of public outrage: a scandal erupts, politicians posture, the media amplifies the noise, and society briefly pretends that something fundamental will change.

The problem is not merely outrage itself, but its cyclical and unserious nature. Without deeper moral, cultural, and institutional change, public anger becomes a ritual rather than a force for reform.

The piece appeared on pages 13–14 of the January–February 2008 print issue.

Read the article in the archived January–February 2008 issue of Liberty Magazine →