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Bereft of Impartial Arbiters

Published by Brian Stewart

The proximate cause of the US House of Representatives’ decision to invoke articles of impeachment is the president’s decision to make Congressionally authorized military aid for Ukraine conditional on...

November 19, 2019

Foreign Policy, Politics, Top Stories, US Election, World Affairs

The Art of Mind Control

Published by Aaron Sarin

Everyone by a supreme law of nature is master of his own thoughts.1 ~Baruch Spinoza It’s the one thing they can’t do. They can make you say anything—anything—but they...

November 17, 2019

Spotlight, Top Stories

Abandoning Malmö to Its Criminals

Published by Henrik Jönsson

“I think they just shot someone right across from my balcony,” my friend told me. The gunshot rang out even as we were texting about another recent act of...

November 15, 2019

Gates Derangement Syndrome

Published by Matt Johnson

Is it immoral to be a billionaire? That was the motion before the Oxford Union in a debate held last September, emphatically proposed by the journalist Anand Giridharadas. Billionaires,...

November 15, 2019

The Price of Sex

Published by Jerry Barnett

Working as a photographer for a charity a few years back, I was travelling through Malawi and stopped overnight in a mining town. It was a Wednesday, and I...

November 14, 2019

Economics, Feminism, Sex, Top Stories

The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is for Good Women to Do Nothing

Published by Phyllis Chesler

In my pre-feminist days, sexual harassment and rape were so common, so pervasive, so accepted, that they were virtually invisible. The shame clung to the victim or to the...

November 13, 2019

Feminism, Top Stories, Women

Chile’s Been Falling Apart for Years. Can It Repair Itself and Remain a Democracy?

Published by Manfred Svensson and Pablo Ortúzar

“In Chile, a billionaire president pushes austerity while the military represses protesters,” Tweeted U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential aspirant Bernie Sanders on October 30. “Thousands have been arrested. Knowing...

November 12, 2019

Andrew Yang—Technocratic Populist

Published by Marshawn Brewer

Andrew Yang is a peculiar candidate for the presidency; not only has he no previous political experience, but he has also placed great emphasis on issues that have been...

November 5, 2019

Economics, Politics, Science / Tech, Top Stories, US Election

Education, recent, Right of Reply

Are Elite Colleges Really That Bad?

The last year has been a difficult time for the US’s top universities. In March, a number of top schools including Stanford, Yale, and Georgetown were implicated in the...

Asia, recent, World Affairs

Why Taiping 2.0 Isn’t in the Cards: A Reply to ‘China’s Looming Class Struggle’

In the immediate aftermath of the Tiananmen Massacre in 1989, some Western pundits suggested that army factions might rebel against China’s central government. Living in Taiwan, where emotions were...

Memoir, recent

Reflections on My Decision to Change Gender

It’s been a long time now since, at age 53, I became a woman. Actually, I’m an old woman more than twenty years on, who walks sometimes with a...

Features, recent, Social Media

Sheep and Mirrors: On Being Social

I’m pregnant with our third child when I read Marlen Haushofer’s 1963 novel The Wall. It’s a terrifying thought experiment where the main character is confronted with the possibility...

Education, recent

The Culture War in Communication Studies

There have been more infamous civil wars within higher education, but perhaps none more ironic: In September, the National Communication Association (NCA) shut down the discussion feature on its...

Culture Wars, Education, recent

Racial Slurs and Deferential Condescension

Over the last week, Western University (where I am currently enrolled) has been mired in scandal over an instructor’s decision to utter a racial slur during a discussion of popular culture...

November 19, 2019

Bereft of Impartial Arbiters

The proximate cause of the US House of Representatives’ decision to invoke articles of impeachment is the president’s decision...

by Brian Stewart

November 14, 2019

The Price of Sex

Working as a photographer for a charity a few years back, I was travelling through Malawi and stopped overnight...

by Jerry Barnett

November 13, 2019

The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is for Good Women to Do Nothing

In my pre-feminist days, sexual harassment and rape were so common, so pervasive, so accepted, that they were virtually...

by Phyllis Chesler

November 12, 2019

Are Elite Colleges Really That Bad?

The last year has been a difficult time for the US’s top universities. In March, a number of top...

by Nick Whitaker

November 11, 2019

Why Taiping 2.0 Isn’t in the Cards: A Reply to ‘China’s Looming Class...

In the immediate aftermath of the Tiananmen Massacre in 1989, some Western pundits suggested that army factions might rebel...

by D. Marshall

November 10, 2019

Reflections on My Decision to Change Gender

It’s been a long time now since, at age 53, I became a woman. Actually, I’m an old woman...

by Deirdre McCloskey

November 8, 2019

The Free-Speech Problem on Australian Campuses Is More CCP than SJW

For years now, Australia’s conservative media have been awash with dark forebodings about the threat that leftist radicals pose...

by Drew Pavlou

November 8, 2019

Sheep and Mirrors: On Being Social

I’m pregnant with our third child when I read Marlen Haushofer’s 1963 novel The Wall. It’s a terrifying thought...

by Emma Wilkins

November 7, 2019

The Culture War in Communication Studies

There have been more infamous civil wars within higher education, but perhaps none more ironic: In September, the National...

by Terry Newman

November 7, 2019

Racial Slurs and Deferential Condescension

Over the last week, Western University (where I am currently enrolled) has been mired in scandal over an instructor’s decision to...

by Matthew Small

November 7, 2019

Climate Change—Assessing the Worst Case Scenario

Does a thinking person today have a chance of figuring out what to think about climate change? On the...

by Dagfinn Reiersøl

November 7, 2019

Elite Colleges Reconsidered

Yale students, if they’re still anything like they were when I graduated a few short years ago, likely aren’t...

by Erich J. Prince

November 6, 2019

What Is Autogynephilia? An Interview with Dr Ray Blanchard

Ray Blanchard is an adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto who specialises in the study of...

by Louise Perry

November 5, 2019

Science Fiction Purges its Problematic Past

Since 1991, the James Tiptree Junior Award has been given annually to a work of “science fiction or fantasy...

by Craig DeLancey

November 5, 2019

Andrew Yang—Technocratic Populist

Andrew Yang is a peculiar candidate for the presidency; not only has he no previous political experience, but he...

by Marshawn Brewer

November 4, 2019

Meet the Gay Activists Who’ve Had Enough of Britain’s Ultra-Woke...

Are gay people allowed to meet and organise in defense of their interests? A hard yes, you might have...

by Helen Joyce

November 1, 2019

Denial and Defamation: The ITN-LM Libel Trial Revisited (II)

PART TWO: THE TRIAL VI. The Standards of Western Journalism The trial eventually began at the High Courts of...

by Jamie Palmer

November 1, 2019

Denial and Defamation: The ITN-LM Libel Trial Revisited (I)

PART ONE: THE CAMPS Intro: From Phnom Pehn to Srebrenica In 1977, Noam Chomsky and his co-author, the late...

by Jamie Palmer

November 1, 2019

‘For the Love of Men’—A Review

A review of For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity by Liz Plank, St. Martin’s...

by Ben Sixsmith

October 31, 2019

Toronto’s Meghan Murphy Meltdown: A Case Study in Media-Driven Social Panic

Speaking on the Quillette podcast last week, David Frum described how his hometown of Toronto sometimes feels unrecognizable to...

by Jonathan Kay

October 31, 2019

Palestine Misunderstood

From my home on the southern outskirts of Tel Aviv, I hear the Muslim call to prayer every day...

by Petra Marquardt-Bigman

October 31, 2019

The Danger Is Real: Why We’re All Wired for ‘Constructive Conspiracism’

I once met a politician who told me that he believes water fluoridation is the greatest scam ever perpetrated...

by Michael Shermer

October 30, 2019

Frederick Douglass, The Columbian Orator, and the 1619 Project

On September 3, 1838, the most famous slave in American history began his escape to freedom. Dressed as a...

by Joseph R. Fornieri

October 29, 2019

The Simple Secret of Trump’s Supreme Political Confidence: Old-Fashioned Fan...

Donald Trump knows how to demonize the privileged and other targeted segments of the electorate as a means to...

by Mark Halperin

The Free-Speech Problem on Australian Campuses Is More CCP than SJW

Published by Drew Pavlou

For years now, Australia’s conservative media have been awash with dark forebodings about the threat that leftist radicals pose to free speech on campuses. The Institute of Public Affairs,...

November 8, 2019

Activism, Education, Human Rights, Recommended

Science Fiction Purges its Problematic Past

Published by Craig DeLancey

Since 1991, the James Tiptree Junior Award has been given annually to a work of “science fiction or fantasy that expands or explores our understanding of gender.” The award...

November 5, 2019

Activism, Awards, Books, Culture Wars, Literature, Recommended

Meet the Gay Activists Who’ve Had Enough of Britain’s Ultra-Woke Homophobes

Published by Helen Joyce

Are gay people allowed to meet and organise in defense of their interests? A hard yes, you might have thought. But some apparently disagree. Witness the response to the...

November 4, 2019

Activism, Biology, recent, Recommended, Sex