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Facebook Already Controls Our Information. Don’t Let It Control Our Commerce

Published by Nadim Kobeissi

In recent years, not a month has gone by without yet another unsettling exposé of Facebook’s content-moderation policies and corporate machinations. One report from February explained how Facebook moderators...

August 20, 2019

Media, Social Media, Tech, Top Stories

I’m a Feminist Mother. But I Don’t Need a ‘Feminist Birth’

Published by Amy Eileen Hamm

When my first was born—a bit early, just shy of 36 weeks—he couldn’t breathe. He let out a brief, warbled cry, then fell silent. He was taken from my...

August 20, 2019

Feminism, Health, Top Stories, Women

Gamers are the Easy—But Wrong—Target After Mass Violence

Published by Christopher J. Ferguson

The recent shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, have resurrected old panic over violence in video games. President Trump, among others, used language linking games to mass...

August 20, 2019

Activism, Entertainment, Journalism, Media, Top Stories

How the Hong Kong Protestors’ Tactical Brilliance Backed Beijing into a Corner

Published by Nick Taber

Since Hong Kong’s momentous anti-extradition bill protest on June 9th, tensions between the protesters and the authorities have continued to escalate. The demonstration on August 12th which forced the...

August 19, 2019

Activism, Politics, Top Stories, World Affairs

Free Speech Matters, Even When it’s Not Protected by the First Amendment

Published by Jason Richwine

“The government isn’t involved, so it’s not a free speech issue.” Follow any debate over censorship these days, and one is likely to hear this misguided view stated repeatedly....

August 18, 2019

Free Speech, Top Stories

Once Upon a Time…Film Critics Became Joyless—A Review

Published by Steven Volynets

*This article contains spoilers. Once upon a time, somewhere far from Hollywood, critics decided that movies for grownups should not be fun, and that the filmmakers who make them...

August 17, 2019

Cinema, Culture Wars, Entertainment, Review, Top Stories

The Campaign to Destroy Equal Voice

Published by Lona Manning

Even during Question Period, it’s unusual for every seat in the Canadian House of Commons to be occupied. But, over four days in April, a not-for-profit organization called Equal...

August 16, 2019

Activism, Canada, Politics, Top Stories

The Bigotry of Environmental Pessimism

Published by Michael Shellenberger

Democratic Presidential candidates and the New York Times rightly condemned the use of inflammatory words like “invasion” by President Donald Trump and Fox News hosts to describe the desperate...

August 15, 2019

Activism, Environment, Politics, Top Stories

Canada, Politics, recent

Trudeau’s Shameful Gambit: Smearing Conservative Opponents as Neo-Nazis

The term “neo-Nazi” is now thrown around by some progressives as a casual epithet to describe anyone whose views are seen as even marginally conservative. But Canadians of my...

Activism, Health, Human Rights, recent, Sex

The Rise of ‘Drag Kids’—and the Death of Gay Culture

Last month, the CBC—Canada’s public television network—ran a lavishly publicized documentary about “four kid drag queens as they prepare to slay on Montreal stage.” This was marketed as child-friendly...

Books, Literature, recent, Review

Against Literalism—’The Satanic Verses’ Fatwa at 30

I have written elsewhere about the fatwa issued 30 years ago by a sinister religious cleric commanding the world’s Muslims to murder the writer and everyone involved in the...

Activism, Politics, recent

In Defense of Political Hypocrisy

Bernie Sanders’ campaign has come under fire for not paying staffers the $15 minimum wage he promotes—and for using the private health-care system he often criticizes as immoral. Similar...

Memoir, recent, Religion

Memories of Life at Kingdom Hall: An Alberta Schoolgirl Waits for Armageddon

In 1909, a wealthy man from Pennsylvania bought a brick building on a steep street just south of the Brooklyn Bridge, across the river from Manhattan. Blocks away from...

Education, recent

The Knowledge Gap—A Review

Let me lead you through a portal created in the basement of some secretive and sinister government laboratory and into the Educational Upside Down. The Educational Upside Down is...

August 20, 2019

Facebook Already Controls Our Information. Don’t Let It Control Our Commerce

In recent years, not a month has gone by without yet another unsettling exposé of Facebook’s content-moderation policies and...

by Nadim Kobeissi

August 20, 2019

I’m a Feminist Mother. But I Don’t Need a ‘Feminist Birth’

When my first was born—a bit early, just shy of 36 weeks—he couldn’t breathe. He let out a brief,...

by Amy Eileen Hamm

August 20, 2019

Are Political Disagreements Real Disagreements?

If people disagree about anything, it’s politics. In the United States, nearly half of all Republicans and Democrats say...

by Michael Hannon

August 20, 2019

Gamers are the Easy—But Wrong—Target After Mass Violence

The recent shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, have resurrected old panic over violence in video games....

by Christopher J. Ferguson

August 19, 2019

How the Hong Kong Protestors’ Tactical Brilliance Backed Beijing into a Corner

Since Hong Kong’s momentous anti-extradition bill protest on June 9th, tensions between the protesters and the authorities have continued...

by Nick Taber

August 18, 2019

Free Speech Matters, Even When it’s Not Protected by the First Amendment

“The government isn’t involved, so it’s not a free speech issue.” Follow any debate over censorship these days, and...

by Jason Richwine

August 17, 2019

Once Upon a Time…Film Critics Became Joyless—A Review

*This article contains spoilers. Once upon a time, somewhere far from Hollywood, critics decided that movies for grownups should...

by Steven Volynets

August 16, 2019

The Campaign to Destroy Equal Voice

Even during Question Period, it’s unusual for every seat in the Canadian House of Commons to be occupied. But,...

by Lona Manning

August 15, 2019

The Bigotry of Environmental Pessimism

Democratic Presidential candidates and the New York Times rightly condemned the use of inflammatory words like “invasion” by President...

by Michael Shellenberger

August 14, 2019

The Argument for Equality and Fairness

A recurrent criticism of the political Left is that it is elitist and remote from those it professes to...

by Matt McManus

August 14, 2019

Theoterrorism versus Freedom of Speech—A Review

A review of Theoterrorism versus Freedom of Speech: From Incident to Precedent by Paul Cliteur, Amsterdam University Press, 250 pages...

by Rumy Hasan

August 14, 2019

Straw Men and Viewpoint Manicheanism

The fallacy of special pleading—also known as the double standard—occurs when one offers a special excuse for one’s own...

by Rick Repetti

August 13, 2019

Trudeau’s Shameful Gambit: Smearing Conservative Opponents as Neo-Nazis

The term “neo-Nazi” is now thrown around by some progressives as a casual epithet to describe anyone whose views...

by David Jacobs

August 12, 2019

Rationalizing Modern Drug Prejudices

Congressman Jared Polis: Is crack worse for a person than marijuana? DEA Agent Michele Leonhart: I believe all illegal...

by Matthew Blackwell

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August 10, 2019

The Rise of ‘Drag Kids’—and the Death of Gay Culture

Last month, the CBC—Canada’s public television network—ran a lavishly publicized documentary about “four kid drag queens as they prepare...

by Sky Gilbert

August 9, 2019

Against Literalism—’The Satanic Verses’ Fatwa at 30

I have written elsewhere about the fatwa issued 30 years ago by a sinister religious cleric commanding the world’s...

by Daniel James Sharp

August 9, 2019

In Defense of Political Hypocrisy

Bernie Sanders’ campaign has come under fire for not paying staffers the $15 minimum wage he promotes—and for using...

by Christian Barnard

August 9, 2019

Memories of Life at Kingdom Hall: An Alberta Schoolgirl Waits for Armageddon

In 1909, a wealthy man from Pennsylvania bought a brick building on a steep street just south of the...

by Amber Scorah

August 8, 2019

NARRATED: The Children of the Revolution by James David Banker

Greg Ellis reads The Children of the Revolution, James David Banker’s essay about China’s cultural revolution. It was published...

by Quillette Magazine

August 8, 2019

The Knowledge Gap—A Review

Let me lead you through a portal created in the basement of some secretive and sinister government laboratory and...

by Greg Ashman

How (and Why) to KISSASS

Published by Kevin Mims

On June 29, the New York Times published an essay entitled “I’ve Picked My Job Over My Kids,” in which lawyer and law professor Lara Bazelon wrote movingly about her...

August 6, 2019

Journalism, recent, Recommended

China and the Difficulties of Dissent

Published by Simon Leitch

Over the last couple of weeks, a small but dedicated band of free speech advocates at the University of Queensland (UQ) have managed to catch the attention of the...

August 5, 2019

Activism, Asia, Must Reads, Recommended, World Affairs

How Feminism Paved the Way for Transgenderism

Published by Michael Biggs

In the last decade, in many parts of the English-speaking world, transgender advocacy has made substantial, and at times, expansive gains, with trans rights becoming embedded in institutions and...

August 1, 2019

Activism, Feminism, History, Politics, Recommended