When Bad Ideas Refuse to Die: the Denial of Human Individuality
The situationist idea that personality is an illusion is an arresting one, but it is false.
Luke Smillie and Nick Haslam
· 4 min read
"Like" This Essay — The Case Against Social Media
Social media isn’t the cause of these crises in our culture; rather, there is a sense that it has betrayed its higher purpose.
Timothy Cootes
· 6 min read
Why Isn’t Sexual Slavery a Feminist Priority?
Their lives were destroyed, and their lives will remain destroyed if we don’t say anything. To bring back their rights, we must speak up.
Keiran Harris
· 6 min read
In Praise of Ambivalence — “Young” Feminism, Gender Identity and Free Speech
It’s about the role of ambivalence in contemporary politics, focusing on an emerging strand of feminist politics.
Brian D Earp
· 35 min read
Forget de Botton's Advice — Why Lower Expectations Won't Help Your Marriage
Marriage is casting a vote for a candidate who will help us create the kind of life we can enjoy and value.
Noam Shpancer
· 7 min read
On the Reality of Race and the Abhorrence of Racism
To our knowledge, we have yet to see a similar example applied specifically to race.
Bo Winegard, Brian Boutwell
· 10 min read
Regaining Culture In Post-Society America
Every other great nation takes care to cultivate certain traditional values in its people.
Julian Friedland
· 7 min read
Should Governments Outlaw Bad Child Names?
Unites States is hardly the only country that regulates child naming. Some, such as Portugal, have a list of government pre-approved names, so parents can choose from the list.
Eldar Sarajlic
· 7 min read
Free Speech and Islam — In Defense of Ayaan Hirsi Ali
A woman whose life story, by any rational, humane standards, should win encomia from, and the admiration of, decent people everywhere.
Jeffrey Tayler
· 18 min read
The Josiah Effect: How Moderate Religion Fuels Fundamentalism
As it turns out, the phenomenon of a young man becoming radicalized after reading his religion’s holy book for the first time has been around for thousands of years.
Henry Rambow
· 10 min read
Forget Microaggressions, Some Students Face Hunger and Homelessness
There are many who go hungry or homeless. How can students prosper without food? Or without a safe place to sleep?
Mazelit Airaksinen
· 4 min read
Thiel vs Gawker: Why a Defensive Media is the Real Threat to Free Speech
Gawker Media has tormented both powerful and not so powerful people for some time now.
Claire Lehmann
· 5 min read
Reza Aslan Peddles False Wares to Influential Dupes
Aslan peddles a sanitized version of Islam to gullible viewers.
Jeffrey Tayler
· 14 min read
Giving Genes Their Due, But Not More
To go from noticing that genetic differences were making a difference to knowing which genetic differences were making a difference, geneticists had to move from the classical twin methods to the modern “molecular” methods.
Erik Parens
· 16 min read
Where Are The Conservative Professors?
In this environment, it’s almost impossible to find anyone — students or professors — who admit they hold conservative views.
Mazelit Airaksinen
· 4 min read