Moreover, the conclusion that harassment drives women from physics contradicts publicly available data on the progression of women in physics careers.
The Left often shies away from making a strong case for family values, despite the fact that family stability may be immensely beneficial for the working class and for black Americans who have high rates of single-mother families.
Claims over what is being measured by a standardized assessment (referred to as a test’s construct) are where claims of scientific rigor can distort understanding of social goals associated with a particular test.
Men have been dying at higher rates than women over time, and the gap appears to be constant.
Of course liberalism is not perfect, and it may well be in need of a course correction.
Sweden has experienced a sharp rise in explosions in recent years, predominantly related to conflicts between warring criminal gangs.
Clear language engenders clear thought, and clear thought is the most important benefit of education.
Dolan writes very clearly—an unusual attribute for an academic—and brings a fresh approach to the study of happiness.
Nineteen-Eighty Four, whose first publication took place 70 years ago today, is itself a sort of anti-novel, one that undermines its own dramatic tension in a way that might now be described as postmodern.
Jonathan Kay talks to Sky Gilbert, gay playwright and drag queen, about the history of Canada’s gay community and being excommunicated by the LGBT theater company he founded. Sky Gilbert wrote about this ordeal recently in Quillette.
They threaten the businesses and livelihoods and professional reputations of good people struggling to navigate a dense web of ideological trip-wires.
Instead of empty analogies, the only way to survive change is to have a vigorous debate about the merits of our new ideas—precisely the kind of debate that techno-optimists want to foreclose by appealing to history.
Some might claim that electric power is far more of a necessity that social media access.
Despite the brief unrest that followed the announcement of Jokowi’s victory, the election of April 17 stands as a testament to the continuing resilience of Indonesia’s young democracy.