20 Hungarian Lessons the West Is Still Missing
Hungarian politics is usually much less ideological than you think.
Erik D'Amato
· 12 min read
Necessity Is the Mother of Invention, and Has Been for Over 3,500 Years
And that is an ancient cultural surprise worth celebrating. Far more than imaginary Gods, Ravens, and Spirits.
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 4 min read
Twilight of the Satyrs
I. On April 18th of this year, Blake Bailey, 58, the author of Philip Roth: The Biography, was abruptly dropped by his literary agency, the Story Company. His book had been published on April 6th, and climbed to the top of the bestseller lists. But then allegations emerged that while
Charlotte Allen
· 28 min read
Political Correctness: A Sociocultural Black Hole—A Review
In the 1980s, when political correctness was slowly brewing in parts of academia, Isaac Asimov claimed democracy was under attack.
Göran Adamson
· 7 min read
The Canadian Historical Association’s Fake 'Consensus' on Canadian Genocide
The campaign to label Canada a genocide state isn’t an isolated phenomenon, but is playing out as part of a larger effort to destroy any publicly displayed symbol of national pride.
Christopher Dummitt
· 11 min read
Watching America’s Crack-Up
America was born of the virgin Liberty, and like the son of God in which it still largely believes, will always rise from the dead.
Benjamin Kerstein
· 20 min read
COVID-Zero: Was It Worth It?
If COVID-19 was your ancestor’s saber-tooth tiger, then the lives lost every day to COVID-Zero is the cost of running away.
James Newburrie
· 11 min read
Why It’s OK to Speak Your Mind
The following is an excerpt from Why It’s OK to Speak Your Mind, by Hrishikesh Joshi. Routledge, 196 pages. (March 2021) The division of cognitive labor Modern society is only possible because of the division of labor. Without division of labor, the most we could achieve is a very
Hrishikesh Joshi
· 23 min read
The World Economic Forum and the Misleading Politics of Gender Equality
Women fall behind in countries with low levels of economic and social development, largely due to poor educational opportunities.
David C. Geary and Gijsbert Stoet
· 12 min read
The Society of Cultural Anthropology’s Campaign to Present American Populism as Fascism
The January 6th riot does make for a visually dramatic backdrop to an exploration of the fascistic strain in modern populist politics.
Matthew Porter
· 8 min read
Podcast #161: Comedian Jessica Pigeau on 'Safe Space' Performers, Progressive Mobbing, and Anxiety Overload in the World of Stand-Up
Host Jonathan Kay interviews Vancouver-based queer comedian Jessica Pigeau about her recent Quillette essay describing the clash between good comedy and strident social-justice activism. Articles and media discussed in this podcast: * Life as a Stand-Up Comic Can Be Brutal. ‘Safe Space’ Call-out Culture Is Making it Unbearable, by Jessica Pigeau,
Quillette, Jessica Pigeau
· 1 min read
The Incoherence of Gender Ideology
To understand the coherence and moral import of transgender rights claims, we must first define what it is that we mean by “transgender.”
Michael Robillard
· 21 min read
When You’re Diagnosed with Autism—by TikTok
It’s notable that no-one on TikTok is diagnosing themselves with schizophrenia or severe personality disorders such as antisocial and borderline.
Lucy Kross Wallace
· 9 min read
Life as a Stand-Up Comic Can Be Brutal. ‘Safe Space’ Call-out Culture Is Making it Unbearable
“Cancel culture” has become a trendy term in recent years. But public shaming has always existed. It’s a social tool, and like all tools can be used for good or ill.
Jessica Pigeau
· 35 min read
A Treasure Trove of Priceless Pornography
One might be skeptical about Pornhub’s claim that their interactive guide is a way to raise museum attendance in the wake of the pandemic-induced hiatus.
Julia Friedman
· 11 min read