The Problem With Linking Censorship to Incitement
In any case, I do not share the view that to restrict speech necessarily diminishes the spread of ideas.
Claire Lehmann
· 11 min read
The New Age of Empire—A Review
Andrews believes none of this. He is right in seeing that the United States is now the world’s foremost imperial nation—it dominated most of the 20th century, assuming the white man’s burden from the British and the French.
John Lloyd
· 15 min read
The End of Pestilence
The COVID-19 vaccine development experience shows it is possible to produce safe and effective vaccines much faster than previously thought.
Matthew Lesh
· 13 min read
Bunker Boy: Preparing for Apocalypse Since 1979
The film gave me nightmares and panic attacks. I did what I could with such difficult information.
Ewan Morrison
· 12 min read
Podcast 139: Andrew Doyle—The Brain Behind Titania McGrath—on His New (And Very Serious) Book, ‘Free Speech And Why It Matters’
Jonathan Kay interviews comedian, social critic, and book author Andrew Doyle on why he thinks government censors are a bigger threat to a free society than the bigots they’re seeking to cancel.
Quillette, Andrew Doyle
· 1 min read
With Theatres Shuttered, I Tried to Stage a 'Zoom Play.' (It Didn't Work)
I once directed a classical musical—Anything Goes—at Canada’s Shaw Festival. But that’s the only play I’ve directed that was seen by a large audience.
Sky Gilbert
· 8 min read
I Retired First
Our brains are driven to seek calmness as we age.
Gregory J. Beaupre
· 13 min read
The Risk of Inflation
Consumer price inflation is a broad rise in prices of everyday goods, and is often driven by a notable increase in the broad money supply combined with limitations in key supply chains and scarcity of essential commodities.
Lyn Alden
· 9 min read
For Our Own Good, We All Need a Glimpse of the Evil Queen
I have never seen a dream present something I believed to be untrue.
Jordan Peterson
· 11 min read
Starvation and Ethnic Cleansing Stalk Ethiopia
The Ethiopian government has attempted to maintain total control of the narrative by locking down the region and imposing a communications blackout.
James Jeffrey
· 8 min read
How a Single Anonymous Twitter Account Caused an ‘Indigenized’ Canadian University to Unravel
The main beneficiaries are more likely to be privileged administrators who burnish their bona fides by filling alumni magazines and email blasts with Indigenous photo-ops.
Jonathan Kay
· 17 min read
A Cardinal Sin
My efforts and motives in instigating Cardinal Conversations, in response to undergraduates’ requests, and in defending the program against the assault upon it were simply ignored.
Niall Ferguson
· 12 min read
Decolonising Math is Rooted in a Decades-Old Conflict
The central point of contention seems to be between math’s claim to universal truth and the kind of subjective, lived-experience approach embraced by many social justice movements.
Greg Ashman
· 7 min read
Against Dilettantes
The reason these books endure and will be read long after the writers of littérature engagée harping on a string of fashionable social trends are ridiculed and forgotten, is their aesthetic impact.
Elena Shalneva
· 9 min read
Does Suffering Provide Meaning and Purpose in Life?—A Reply to Freya India
Integral to this is the issue of how much personal responsibility one should assume for a given outcome and why.
Paul Sturdee
· 7 min read