The Million-Petalled Flower
He had the gift of producing them by inverting or adapting cliché to give it new life.
Andrew Gleeson
· 15 min read
Something for Nothing—The Importance of Mindful Volunteering
If we are going to contribute our talent and effort to causes as volunteers, we should do so mindfully, as we should with the rest of the choices in our lives, such as whom we choose as lovers or friends.
Chuck Lanigan
· 7 min read
Dual-Enrollment—Effective Strategies or Seductive Stratagems?
Lawmakers who examined various incarnations of dual-enrollment programs were stunned to find students earning college credits for taking gym.
Steve Salerno
· 8 min read
On the Passing of Oberlin Plaintiff David Gibson
David Gibson has not lived to see the end of this distressing saga. In late 2018, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and, on November 16 of this year, he passed away aged 65.
Daniel McGraw
· 11 min read
GM Crops Like Golden Rice Will Save the Lives of Hundreds of Thousands of Children
The International Rice Research Institute developed numerous different Golden Rice strains back-crossed into commonly grown varieties, behind tough security barriers because of constant threats from activists encouraged by Greenpeace.
Matt Ridley
· 11 min read
PODCAST 65: Benedict Beckeld on Oikophobia—Fashionable Disdain For Your Own Culture
Philosopher Benedict Beckeld talks to Jonathan Kay about why so many intellectuals and young people loathe the culture of the West.
Quillette, Benedict Beckeld
· 1 min read
When Disruptive Students Are Coddled, the Whole Class Suffers
The emergence of room clears is a product of several fashionable education-policy trends designed to protect the rights of troubled students, often with little regard for the rights of their classmates.
Max Eden
· 6 min read
Ivory-Tower Sex-Work Activists Have Lost Touch with the Needs of Actual Sex Workers
It’s all rather ironic, since sex workers, of all people, should understand the need to protect contentious opinions. From time immemorial, we are the ones who often bore the brunt of attempts to censor sexual expression.
Nadia Guo
· 24 min read
Is Gender a Social Construct?
It appears that biology plays a powerful role in our internalized sense of gender as well as our preference for gendered behaviors (allowing for non-trivial social influences, particular for the latter).
Christopher J. Ferguson
· 9 min read
The Case for Compulsory Voting
A compulsory voting law—practiced in a number of democracies around the world, including Australia and Belgium—makes voting a civic requirement for all citizens.
Chang Che
· 7 min read
The Availability Heuristic and Mass Shooting Fears
Understanding this mental tick, and how it operates, provides us with a clear picture of the process that turns outlier events into sources of persistent worry.
Evan Balkcom
· 6 min read
Corbynite Economics
In many ways, it is a book that feels badly out of date, and it is unlikely to be of interest to many people beyond those who already agree.
Sam Bowman
· 11 min read
Iran Protests: It's not about Gas Prices
The protests went on for a few weeks, until the regime successfully repressed them with a violent crackdown, but economic conditions only worsened.
Shay Khatiri
· 8 min read
Mayors Won't Rule the World
The emerging configuration of the new urban politics threatens many of the gains made over the past two decades.
Joel Kotkin
· 11 min read
Thanksgiving—A Uniquely American Tradition
Finding ways to coexist is challenging, in part because the better we are at coexisting, the more diversity we attract, and the more diversity we attract, the more difficult it becomes to persuasively accommodate all competing values.
Kenneth R. Pike
· 14 min read