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Graham Verdon
· 1 min read
Polarisation and the Case for Citizens’ Juries
A standing citizens’ assembly would reveal the people’s considered opinion as opposed to their unconsidered opinion measured by endless opinion polls.
Nicholas Gruen
· 9 min read
High Theory and Low Seriousness
A travel folder signifies Death. Coal holes represent the Underworld. Soda crackers are the Host. Three bottles of beer are—it’s obvious.
Gustav Jönsson
· 6 min read
Poetic Injustice and Performative Outrage
Dehumanization can lead to the worst of human atrocities. It is also precisely the type of complaint Trump’s critics make of the president’s own behavior.
Clint Margrave
· 16 min read
Understanding China's Confucian Edge in the Global AI Race
China now stands poised to lead the world in the development of artificial-intelligence technologies, which rely, for their machine-learning algorithms.
Craig Smith
· 5 min read
The Boy Who Inflated the Concept of 'Wolf'
Concept inflation is a lot like lying. Immanuel Kant observed that lying couldn’t be effective in a world where everybody lied, since no one would be believed.
Spencer Case
· 10 min read
Quillette Podcast 16 – Matthew Goodwin on Brexit, Trump and the rise of national populism
Quillette‘s Toby Young talks to Matthew Goodwin, professor of politics at the University of Kent and co-author of National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberalism, about Brexit, Trump, the rise of national populism in Europe and America, and what its impact is likely to be on the future of social
Quillette
· 1 min read
We Need Guidelines for Working with Men, but Not the APA Guidelines
This outcome highlights an alarming gender difference in outcome that should galvanise psychologists to take gender-sensitivity very seriously indeed.
John Barry
· 4 min read
The Origins of Colourism
As revealed in the documentary, this view takes an emotional toll on dark women, who are discriminated against in all sorts of ways.
Matthew Blackwell
· 13 min read
It Isn’t Your Imagination: Twitter Treats Conservatives More Harshly Than Liberals
Harassment and the advocacy of violence are serious issues, and there is nothing morally objectionable about social media companies.
Richard Hanania
· 7 min read
Borking Neomi Rao
The scene, in other words, was all set for Kamala Harris to underline the powerlessness of women during Rao’s confirmation hearings.
Heather Mac Donald
· 7 min read
How Social Justice Ideologues Hijacked a Legal Regulator
Speech is unconscionable regardless of the principles a person is made to parrot. Today, we are being told to promote “equality, diversity and inclusion.
Murray Klippenstein with Bruce Pardy
· 11 min read
The Confessions of a Male, Feminist Sex Addict
Started as a bit of a dare. We egged each other on to visit Rosse Buurt (the red-light district) late at night, after the adults had gone to bed and we’d smoked.
Eric Frances McKillen
· 15 min read
Public Education’s Dirty Secret
My small classes faced a large photograph of Barack Obama displayed proudly in front of the classroom over the title “Notre Président.”
Mary Hudson
· 20 min read
The Meaning of the Self-Destructive Strike at WSU
History suggests another explanation, which has been left unexamined that radicalized union leadership is part, perhaps the primary part, of the problem.
Evan Osborne
· 8 min read