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The Life of a Transgender Prisoner

Published by Henry Higgins

Last month’s school shooting in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado, claimed the life of an innocent child. Eight more were injured. In the way that this crime affects the...

June 17, 2019

comments 24

Criminology, Law, Top Stories, Women

The Conservative Manifesto Buried in ‘Avengers: Endgame’

Published by Aaron Sibarium

For the last decade or so, American cinema has exhibited a paradox: Though Hollywood has become more and more liberal, especially on issues of race and gender, Hollywood blockbusters...

June 14, 2019

comments 67

Cinema, Fiction, Philosophy, Review, Top Stories

It’s Time for Progressives to Protect Women Instead of Pronouns

Published by Julie Bindel

On my way out of Edinburgh University last week, where I’d just delivered a speech on how feminists should resist male violence, I was attacked by a shrieking “transgender...

June 14, 2019

comments 496

Culture Wars, Feminism, Free Speech, Human Rights, Politics, Top Stories, Women

An Unhelpful Study about Women in Physics

Published by Sebastian Cesario

An article promoted by the American Physical Society (APS, the world’s largest organization of physicists) has claimed a recent study shows that “Yes, Sexual Harassment Still Drives Women Out...

June 13, 2019

comments 84

Science / Tech, Top Stories, Women

The New Inequality: The Decline of the Working Class Family

Published by Maria Kouloglou

The family has been called “the cornerstone of society” and for good reason. According to studies, children born to married parents are more likely to go to university and...

June 13, 2019

comments 77

Family, Social Science, Top Stories

Science vs. Purpose: The College Board’s New Adversity Index

Published by Jonathan Haber

Recently, the College Board announced it was piloting a new Environmental Context Dashboard (referred to in the media as an “Adversity Index”), one which tries to quantify social challenges...

June 12, 2019

comments 69

Education, Social Science, Top Stories

The Real Gender Gap in Heart Disease

Published by Anish Koka

Because I’m that guy, I took a poll at the recent family barbecue. “Heart disease—who has it worse? Men or women?” I asked. The answers came quickly. My mother-in-law...

June 12, 2019

comments 51

Biology, Feminism, Genetics, Health, Science, Sex, Top Stories

The Rise of the Illiberal Right

Published by Cathy Young

In recent days, American right-of-center Internet has been consumed by an often acrimonious and sometimes comical public drama: a polemical battle over an essay by author and New York...

June 11, 2019

comments 147

Culture Wars, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Top Stories

Poetry, recent

Headline Rhymes

Silicon Valley has gone all-in On purging ideas deemed bad It’s like mouths washed out with soap By the nuns who taught my dad The important distinction being: That...

recent, Science / Tech, Tech

The Fallacy of Techno-Optimism

When the telegraph revolutionized communication in the 1850s, Henry David Thoreau was scornful. “We are in a great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas,” he...

Asia, recent, World Affairs

Indonesia’s Unlikely Democracy Remains Resilient

Indonesians refer to election day as Pesta Demokrasi—which translates to “Democracy Festival.” And it’s easy to see why. On April 17, about 156-million eligible Indonesians cast their votes forpresident...

Canada, Features, History, recent, Women

The Ultimate ‘Concept Creep’: How a Canadian Inquiry Strips the Word ‘Genocide’ of Meaning

In 208 AD, the Roman warrior emperor Septimus Severus arrived in Britain with 40,000 soldiers, intent on subduing the tribes inhabiting the northern part of the island. These tribes...

Hypothesis, recent, Social Science

Considering the Male Disposability Hypothesis

In her analysis “Women and Genocide in Rwanda,” the former Rwandan politician Aloysia Inyumba stated that “The genocide in Rwanda is a far-reaching tragedy that has taken a particularly...

Politics, recent, World Affairs

François Furet: A Man For Our Season

Of all the many and varied compliments that can fairly be paid to Anglo-Saxon liberalism, modesty is certainly not among them. Since the Whig heyday in the first half...

June 17, 2019

The Life of a Transgender Prisoner

Last month’s school shooting in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado, claimed the life of an innocent child. Eight more...

by Henry Higgins

comments 24

June 14, 2019

The Conservative Manifesto Buried in ‘Avengers: Endgame’

For the last decade or so, American cinema has exhibited a paradox: Though Hollywood has become more and more...

by Aaron Sibarium

comments 67

June 14, 2019

It’s Time for Progressives to Protect Women Instead of Pronouns

On my way out of Edinburgh University last week, where I’d just delivered a speech on how feminists should...

by Julie Bindel

comments 496

June 13, 2019

An Unhelpful Study about Women in Physics

An article promoted by the American Physical Society (APS, the world’s largest organization of physicists) has claimed a recent...

by Sebastian Cesario

comments 84

June 13, 2019

The New Inequality: The Decline of the Working Class Family

The family has been called “the cornerstone of society” and for good reason. According to studies, children born to...

by Maria Kouloglou

comments 77

June 12, 2019

Science vs. Purpose: The College Board’s New Adversity Index

Recently, the College Board announced it was piloting a new Environmental Context Dashboard (referred to in the media as...

by Jonathan Haber

comments 69

June 12, 2019

The Real Gender Gap in Heart Disease

Because I’m that guy, I took a poll at the recent family barbecue. “Heart disease—who has it worse? Men...

by Anish Koka

comments 51

June 11, 2019

The Rise of the Illiberal Right

In recent days, American right-of-center Internet has been consumed by an often acrimonious and sometimes comical public drama: a...

by Cathy Young

comments 147

June 11, 2019

It’s Time for Sweden to Admit Explosions Are a National Emergency

The bomb exploded shortly after 9 a.m. Friday in a blast that ripped through two apartment buildings and could...

by Paulina Neuding

comments 280

June 10, 2019

How the ‘Underground Grammarian’ Taught Me to Tell Reason from Rubbish

Thought control, like birth control, is best undertaken as long as possible before the fact. Many grown-ups will obstinately...

by Mark Andre Alexander

comments 56

June 10, 2019

Happiness and Academic Malpractice

In two popular books about happiness, Professor Paul Dolan of the London School of Economics has established himself as...

by Nicholas Wolfinger

comments 64

June 9, 2019

Headline Rhymes

Silicon Valley has gone all-in On purging ideas deemed bad It’s like mouths washed out with soap By the...

by Graham Verdon

comments 2

June 8, 2019

On Its 70th Anniversary, Nineteen Eighty-Four Still Feels Important and Inspiring

Nineteen Eighty-Four is divided into three parts, the second of which is structured around Winston Smith’s love affair with...

by Jonathan Kay

comments 87

June 7, 2019

Instagram’s Diversity Wars Revisited

In February, I wrote an essay for Quillette about the Durkheimian witch-hunting taking place on the picture-sharing platform Instagram,...

by Kathrine Jebsen Moore

comments 235

June 6, 2019

The Fallacy of Techno-Optimism

When the telegraph revolutionized communication in the 1850s, Henry David Thoreau was scornful. “We are in a great haste...

by Nicholas Phillips

comments 137

June 6, 2019

Against Big Tech Viewpoint Discrimination

This week, YouTube decided American conservative “shock jock” commentator Steven Crowder broke the rules of their Partner Program. Since...

by James D Miller

comments 135

June 6, 2019

Indonesia’s Unlikely Democracy Remains Resilient

Indonesians refer to election day as Pesta Demokrasi—which translates to “Democracy Festival.” And it’s easy to see why. On...

by Imran Shamsunahar

comments 11

June 5, 2019

A Modest Defence of the Missionary Position

In our culture of sexual permissiveness, of free and open pornography, it might do well to occasionally remind ourselves...

by Marilyn Simon

comments 130

June 5, 2019

Superior: The Return of Race Science—A Review

A review of Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini, Beacon Press, 256 pages (May, 2019) The...

by Bo Winegard and Noah Carl

comments 423

June 3, 2019

The Ultimate ‘Concept Creep’: How a Canadian Inquiry Strips the Word ‘Genocide�...

In 208 AD, the Roman warrior emperor Septimus Severus arrived in Britain with 40,000 soldiers, intent on subduing the...

by Jonathan Kay

A Modest Defence of the Missionary Position

Published by Marilyn Simon

In our culture of sexual permissiveness, of free and open pornography, it might do well to occasionally remind ourselves that the missionary position remains the go-to for the vast...

June 5, 2019

comments 130

Recommended, Sex

Superior: The Return of Race Science—A Review

Published by Bo Winegard and Noah Carl

A review of Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini, Beacon Press, 256 pages (May, 2019) The races differ also in constitution, in acclimatisation, and in liability...

June 5, 2019

comments 423

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It’s Not Your Imagination: The Journalists Writing About Antifa Are Often Their Cheerleaders

Published by Eoin Lenihan

On February 1, 2017, Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to give a talk about free speech at the University of California, Berkeley. But he was prevented from speaking by a...

May 29, 2019

Activism, Culture Wars, Free Speech, Journalism, Recommended