The Search for a Politics of Community
What’s now being sought is a system in which power is exercised by representatives of those who constitute a majority.
John Lloyd
· 13 min read
PODCAST 120: Jodi Shaw on a Climate of Fear at Smith College, Following Unproven Racism Accusations
A whistleblower at an elite Massachusetts women’s college talks to Jonathan Kay about how a single 2018 incident on campus unleashed public-shaming measures that targeted the school’s lowest paid workers—all in the name of social justice
Quillette
· 1 min read
The Failing Business Model of American Universities
Troubling data on annual borrowing from the College Board show the types of loans taken.
Eric Jansen
· 9 min read
Sex Differences in Occupational Attainment are Here to Stay
The sex difference here is found in hunter-gatherer, pastoral, and agricultural societies, as well as in early empires, developing nations, and the modern world.
David C. Geary
· 16 min read
‘Nobody Likes the Other Guy’: On the Road With Donald Trump’s Diehards
There were a lot of Hispanic people there, which seems an underreported story.
Stephen Elliott
· 20 min read
Jack Turban’s Dangerous Campaign to Smear Ethical Psychotherapy as Anti-Trans ‘Conversion Therapy’
A number of additional data irregularities in the USTS raise further questions about the quality of the data.
I Signed Up to Study Sexual Health. What I Got Was Gender Ideology, Fetishism, and Porn
The Sexual Health Certificate Program is a prestigious University of Michigan program conducted in affiliation with the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT).
Tim Courtois
· 17 min read
How The Intercept Abandoned Its Truth-Seeking Mission—And Lost Its Best Journalist
In the case of the media, we’ve had a running social experiment underway since 2015 that helps us answer this question.
Zaid Jilani
· 9 min read
Bruce Gilley vs Cancel Culture
In 2019, Gilley found himself rebuffed by his own university when he proposed a course on “Conservative Political Thought.”
Noah Carl
· 9 min read
Against an Unequivocally Bad Idea
Universal Basic Income, or “UBI,” is a proposal to give every American a periodic check from the government.
Nick Buffie
· 12 min read
The Evolutionary History of Man's Best Friend Revealed
Dogs are the only domestic species who have been with us since the Pleistocene, which ended 11,500 years ago.
Razib Khan
· 7 min read
What We Owe to ‘The Boys in the Band’—and Other Classics of Gay Film
I’m grateful to every straight director, actor, and writer who has taken up the cause over the last 60 years, and to their closeted friends and colleagues who inspired them.
Allan Stratton
· 15 min read
China’s Stateless Nations
Aaron Sarin
· 11 min read
Australia’s Population Ponzi Scheme
The environmental havoc is justified as needed for the economy, but the evidence does not support this claim.
Kelvin Thomson
· 4 min read
From “Who Gets What?” to “Who Are We?”
The culture wars revolve around highly charged, deeply personal issues that are exceedingly difficult to compromise upon.
Jonathon P. Sine
· 15 min read