Confessions of an Equity-Industry Propagandist
It was my job to turn a regressive sow’s ear into a progressive silk purse.
Janet Mackay
· 8 min read
Grooming Gangs and Indifferent Police: What Have We Learned After Rotherham?
Sajid Javid, during his time as the U.K.’s Home Secretary, promised an investigation into the grooming phenomenon but nothing materialized. It is clear that we need investigations, but we also need accountability.
Ben Sixsmith
· 9 min read
A Cult-Based Framework for Understanding Social-Justice Dogma
The words “cult” and “cultish” often are used loosely to describe not only literal cults such as the one created by Jones, but also militant political movements, and even the fanatical followers of entertainers and sports teams.
Jonathan Kay
· 8 min read
Should We Colonize Mars? The Fate of Humanity May One Day Depend on It
Do we have the right to supplant Martian life with our own? Yes—because a human life has more value than that of a bacterium.
Owen Lewis
· 7 min read
I May Have Gender Dysphoria. But I Still Prefer to Base My Life on Biology, Not Fantasy
For the rest of society to acquiesce to this lie is not only a betrayal of science, but of democracy.
Debbie Hayton
· 9 min read
The Suffocation of Academic Freedom by the Research Excellence Framework
Lord Robbins went on to stress that academics should have the freedom to “speculate and investigate as the spirit moves one, and to publish without restraint.”
Rumy Hasan
· 5 min read
Confucius Got It Right: Giving in to ‘Bias’ Is Part of Living an Ethical Life
No one wants to be “victim” of someone else’s biases, but almost everyone is comforted by the idea that one’s brother, mother, or uncle is heavily biased in their favor.
Stephen T. Asma
· 6 min read
Read Your Enemies
Sometimes only a solitary family resemblance—a single argument, framework or notion—is passed from parent to progeny, yet the imprint is vivid enough.
James Walker
· 4 min read
Work—the Tragedy of Our Age
The appeal of the material is very strong. But so will the rest of us one day regret living a manky, derivative life of office jobs and ignoring the fact that maybe there is something of Poe in each of us.
Elena Shalneva
· 9 min read
An Orwelexicon for Bias and Dysfunction in Psychology and Academia
They argued that “mansplaining” was just the “tip of the iceberg” and so coined terms such as “Himpediment,” defined as a “man who stands in the way of progress of women.”
Lee Jussim
· 5 min read
Market Solutions to Climate Change: An Opportunity for Bipartisanship
Progressive environmentalists should welcome the addition of young conservatives to the broader environmentalist movement, but they must check some of their legislative ambitions at the door in order to pass meaningful, effective environmentalist policies.
Nate Hochman
· 6 min read
PODCAST 75: Charles Murray talks about his new book Human Diversity
Charles Murray, co-author of The Bell Curve, talks to Toby Young about his new book Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class.
Quillette, Charles Murray
· 1 min read
#Red-Carded: How I Got Pushed Out of an LGBT Soccer League for Gender WrongThink
This sense of longing and regret helps explain why, a half-decade later, as a fresh college graduate living in Washington, D.C., I signed up with the local LGBT soccer club.
Brad Polumbo
· 6 min read
So Here's to You, Buck Henry
Most of us are distant spectators to the roped-off paintings that line the museums inside our aesthetic imaginations. Some of the pieces have been removed; others don’t have appropriate labels.
Art Tavana
· 10 min read
Private Military Contracting Is Misunderstood
Like all competitive industries, contracting evolved and became heavily corporate in nature, leaving the cowboy conduct behind in 2006, but retaining the cowboy image for sex appeal.
August Gold
· 7 min read