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The Defenestration of Domingo

Published by Heather Mac Donald

The #MeToo movement has ended the U.S. career of legendary 78-year-old Spanish tenor Placido Domingo, one of classical music’s greatest ambassadors and impresarios. For nearly half a century, Domingo’s...

October 18, 2019
Culture Wars, Feminism, Spotlight

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Rich Like Me: How Assortative Mating Is Driving Income Inequality

Published by Branko Milanovic

It may be useful to open this topic with an anecdote. Some ten years ago, I found myself in an after-dinner conversation, lubricated by wine, with an American who...

October 18, 2019
Top Stories

PODCAST 58: Professor Brian Kalt—US Constitutional Law Expert—on the 25th Amendment

Published by Quillette Magazine

Brian Kalt, an expert on US constitutional law and the presidency, talks to Jonathan Kay about the 25th Amendment and whether it can be used to remove a president....

October 18, 2019
Podcast, Top Stories

China’s Looming Class Struggle

Published by Joel Kotkin

Westerners tend to identify China’s coming political crisis with developments such as the brave, educated, and often English-speaking protests in Hong Kong. Although they undoubtably pose an annoyance to...

October 18, 2019
Economics, Politics, Top Stories, World Affairs

Ramallah For Beginners

Published by Michael Humeniuk

It’s Saturday evening, and we’ve crossed over to the Palestinian side of the Green Line. I’d always thought that entering the West Bank would be difficult, but it’s not....

October 18, 2019
Top Stories

NARRATED: How David Graeber Cancelled a Colleague

Published by Quillette Magazine

Greg Ellis reads How David Graeber Cancelled a Colleague, Claire Lehmann’s article on how a prominent anthropologist and self-styled anarchist tried to ruin the reputation of a former collaborator....

October 17, 2019
Narrated, Top Stories

Against Research Ethics Committees

Published by Paul Oslington

Author Note: This article is based on a presentation at the Economic Society of Australia Annual Conference, and draws on an earlier discussion of an incident with an Australian...

October 17, 2019
Economics, Education, Philosophy, Top Stories

I Asked Thousands of Biologists When Life Begins. The Answer Wasn’t Popular

Published by Steve Jacobs

Shortly after being awarded my Ph.D. by the University of Chicago’s department of Comparative Human Development this year, I found myself in a minor media whirlwind. I was interviewed...

October 16, 2019
Top Stories

Corporate Subservience to China Exposes the Hypocrisy of Woke Capitalism

Published by Zaid Jilani

China’s suppression of political dissent within its borders is old news. But more recently, the Chinese government has managed to project its power across the world—and even into the...

October 15, 2019
Top Stories

Narrated

Narrated, Top Stories

NARRATED: How David Graeber Cancelled a Colleague

Greg Ellis reads How David Graeber Cancelled a Colleague, Claire Lehmann’s article on how a prominent anthropologist and self-styled anarchist tried to ruin the reputation of a former collaborator....

October 17, 2019

Podcast

Podcast, Top Stories

PODCAST 58: Professor Brian Kalt—US Constitutional Law Expert—on the 25th Amendment

Brian Kalt, an expert on US constitutional law and the presidency, talks to Jonathan Kay about the 25th Amendment and whether it can be used to remove a president....

October 18, 2019

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Why White Privilege is Wrong—Part 2

by Vincent Harinam and Rob Henderson

Many people enjoy invoking race as an explanation for all sorts of things. It is a shared pastime for both the far-left and the far-right. The media expend vast sums of money and effort to ensure we don’t escape discussions about race as something that is or should be important. This vocal minority of political extremists and news broadcasters has directed our attention away...

October 16, 2019
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Science and Data: Notes on a Misconception

Science would be impossible without evidence. But champions of science frequently portray data or evidence as the fundamental building blocks of scientific knowledge. They will say that scientific theories...

October 10, 2019
Education, recent, Review

The Meritocracy Trap—A Review

A review of The Meritocracy Trap: How America’s Foundational Myth Feed Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite by David Markovitz, Penguin Press (September 2019) 422 pages....

October 9, 2019
Canada, Media, Politics, recent

Trudeau’s Government Tried to Block My Election Reporting. (Thankfully, It Failed)

On Monday, I was in a federal courthouse in Toronto, fighting for a free press in Canada. It marks the third straight week that my digital media organization, True...

October 8, 2019
Biology, Feminism, recent, Science / Tech

How Feminism Has Constrained Our Understanding of Gender

This week Melinda Gates said that she is committing $1 billion to promote gender equality by doing things like dismantling “harmful gender norms.” To many people, this sounds like...

October 8, 2019
Education, Feminism, recent, Recommended

University Harassment Policy and Its Problems

Chatting with a student at the end of a long day, our conversation shifts from academic matters to the personal when I mention that I have to get home...

October 2, 2019
Activism, Feminism, Media, recent

Understanding the Propaganda Campaign Against So-called ‘TERFs’

“TERFs and what everyone needs to know about trans-exclusionary radical feminists,” ran the title of an article in Cosmo last month. TERFs—a term of abuse that means “trans-exclusionary radical...

October 2, 2019

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October 18, 2019

The Defenestration of Domingo

The #MeToo movement has ended the U.S. career of legendary 78-year-old Spanish tenor Placido Domingo, one of classical music’s...

by Heather Mac Donald
October 18, 2019

China’s Looming Class Struggle

Westerners tend to identify China’s coming political crisis with developments such as the brave, educated, and often English-speaking protests...

by Joel Kotkin
October 17, 2019

Against Research Ethics Committees

Author Note: This article is based on a presentation at the Economic Society of Australia Annual Conference, and draws...

by Paul Oslington
October 14, 2019

‘The Rise of Jordan Peterson’—A Review

Given today’s downward cultural spiral, it’s disturbing but not surprising that the makers of a thoughtful new documentary about...

by Carol Horton
October 11, 2019

A Shameful Betrayal

For the sake of America’s national interest, all communications between President Trump and Turkish strongman Tayyip Erdogan ought to...

by Brian Stewart
October 11, 2019

Olga Tokarczuk: Poland’s “Patriots” Struggle To Accept The Nobel...

For a few minutes on Thursday afternoon, after Olga Tokarczuk’s Nobel Prize in Literature had been announced by the...

by Bartosz Wieliński
October 10, 2019

Science and Data: Notes on a Misconception

Science would be impossible without evidence. But champions of science frequently portray data or evidence as the fundamental building...

by Lucas Smalldon
October 9, 2019

Fear of a White Joker: When Did the Left Stop Caring About Crime’s Root Causes?

Todd Phillip’s Joker is one of the most culturally significant films in recent memory. It has been praised and...

by Samuel Forster
October 9, 2019

The Misuse of Empathy Is Devaluing Pain

Pain is losing its meaning, and empathy is the culprit. Treating the pain of others as if it were...

by Matthew Delaney
October 9, 2019

The Meritocracy Trap—A Review

A review of The Meritocracy Trap: How America’s Foundational Myth Feed Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the...

by John Staddon
October 8, 2019

Trudeau’s Government Tried to Block My Election Reporting. (Thankfully, It Failed)

On Monday, I was in a federal courthouse in Toronto, fighting for a free press in Canada. It marks...

by Candice Malcolm
October 8, 2019

How Feminism Has Constrained Our Understanding of Gender

This week Melinda Gates said that she is committing $1 billion to promote gender equality by doing things like...

by John Barry
October 8, 2019

Buying Fentanyl on the Streets of San Francisco—An Interview with Heather Mac...

Heather Mac Donald has written one of the most important essays on homelessness in recent memory for City Journal....

by Michael Shellenberger
October 7, 2019

The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity—A Review

A review of The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity by Douglas Murray, Bloomsbury, 280 pages (September, 2019)....

by Johan Wennström
October 7, 2019

‘Oikophobia’: Our Western Self-Hatred

It was an Italian evening in late summer at the end of the previous decade, and I was having...

by Benedict Beckeld
October 5, 2019

The Dangerous Life of an Anthropologist

Limping in crutches, his broken leg shielded in plaster following a jogging accident, the distinguished biologist Edward O. Wilson...

by Matthew Blackwell
October 2, 2019

University Harassment Policy and Its Problems

Chatting with a student at the end of a long day, our conversation shifts from academic matters to the...

by Marilyn Simon
October 2, 2019

Understanding the Propaganda Campaign Against So-called ‘TERFs’

“TERFs and what everyone needs to know about trans-exclusionary radical feminists,” ran the title of an article in Cosmo...

by Helen Joyce
October 2, 2019

Gilead Resembles an Islamic Theocracy, not Trump’s America

Margaret Atwood, whose work I have long admired, is now being hailed as a prophet. It is quite the phenomenon....

by Phyllis Chesler
October 1, 2019

The Problem with Sensitivity Readers

The idea of a sensitivity reader, the newest profession birthed in our politically correct times, instinctively does not sit...

by Ryan Holiday

Podcast

PODCAST 58: Professor Brian Kalt—US Constitutional Law Expert—on the 25th AmendmentBrian Kalt, an expert on US constitutional law and the presidency, talks to Jonathan...October 18, 2019

PODCAST 57: Amber Scorah talks about leaving the Jehovah’s WitnessesEx-Jehovah’s Witness Amber Scorah talks to Jonathan Kay about leaving the Christian sect and...October 11, 2019

PODCAST 56: Douglas Murray talks about his new book The Madness of CrowdsConservative intellectual Douglas Murray talks to Toby Young about the moral shortcomings of identity...October 3, 2019

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NARRATED: How David Graeber Cancelled a ColleagueGreg Ellis reads How David Graeber Cancelled a Colleague, Claire Lehmann’s article on how...October 17, 2019

NARRATED: Letter From Hong KongGreg Ellis reads A Letter From Hong Kong, Peter Baehr’s essay about the pro-democracy...October 11, 2019

NARRATED: How An Anonymous Accusation Derailed My LifeGreg Ellis reads How An Anonymous Accusation Derailed My Life, Stephen Elliott’s essay about...October 3, 2019

Top Stories

  • The Defenestration of Domingo
    The Defenestration of Domingo
  • Rich Like Me: How Assortative Mating Is Driving Income Inequality
    Rich Like Me: How Assortative Mating Is Driving Income Inequality
  • 'The Rise of Jordan Peterson'—A Review
    'The Rise of Jordan Peterson'—A Review
  • I Asked Thousands of Biologists When Life Begins. The Answer Wasn't Popular
    I Asked Thousands of Biologists When Life Begins. The Answer Wasn't Popular
  • Why White Privilege is Wrong—Part 2
    Why White Privilege is Wrong—Part 2
  • China's Looming Class Struggle
    China's Looming Class Struggle
  • NARRATED: How David Graeber Cancelled a Colleague
    NARRATED: How David Graeber Cancelled a Colleague
  • Good Men Aren't Getting Harder to Find
    Good Men Aren't Getting Harder to Find
  • Corporate Subservience to China Exposes the Hypocrisy of Woke Capitalism
    Corporate Subservience to China Exposes the Hypocrisy of Woke Capitalism
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Fear of a White Joker: When Did the Left Stop Caring About Crime’s Root Causes?

Published by Samuel Forster

Todd Phillip’s Joker is one of the most culturally significant films in recent memory. It has been praised and attacked with a fervency that is rarely inspired by the...

October 9, 2019
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Buying Fentanyl on the Streets of San Francisco—An Interview with Heather Mac Donald

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Heather Mac Donald has written one of the most important essays on homelessness in recent memory for City Journal. In it, she argues that we’ve misunderstood the homelessness problem...

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University Harassment Policy and Its Problems

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October 2, 2019
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