Do Parents Make a Difference? A Public Debate in London
Plomin made it clear he wasn’t claiming genetic differences accounted for all the differences in how children turn out.
Toby Young
· 10 min read
In Defense of Climate Optimism
The mere climate pessimist is distinguished from the fatalist by his or her belief that the exercise of political courage can help us prevent the worst effects of global warmings before our planet is engulfed in horrors of Biblical proportion.
Ryan Glaubke
· 7 min read
A Glimpse Into the Ideological Monoculture of Literary New York
According to a newly released analysis of U.S. survey data, only 8% of Americans hold views that mark them as “progressive activists”—versus 92% who may be classified as traditional liberals, moderates, conservatives or “politically disengaged.”
Matthew Binder
· 7 min read
Stupid Is as Stupid Writes
Even geniuses sound unintelligent when they use big words.
Andrew Bade
· 12 min read
The Free Speech Crisis on Campus Is Worse than People Think
The new culture of victimhood combines sensitivity to slight with appeal to authority.
Bradley Campbell
· 16 min read
Schrödinger’s (Wo)Manhood
Reconciling the two official gender narratives requires threading a needle fine enough to separate matters of personality and identity from preferences for how one spends a large portion of their waking hours.
Sebastian Cesario
· 9 min read
The Novel Isn’t Dead—Please Stop Writing Eulogies
I refuse to be discouraged by the sort of novel-gone-to-the-dogs pessimism that has been around for generations.
Gabriel Scorgie
· 9 min read
How to Stop the Corporate Virtue-Signaling Before It’s Too Late
There is a way to keep corporations in check
Josh Dehaas
· 5 min read
From To Kill A Mockingbird to Ballet Shoes: A Plea to Save Children’s Literature
Reading is a gateway to empathy and understanding.
Carla Wilson
· 10 min read
Charlie Kirk's Campus Battlefield—A Review
Those curious about the next cohorts of conservatives—right-leaning students currently being reared in the age of Trump—should begin with Kirk.
Grant Addison
· 13 min read
Camille Paglia: It’s Time for a New Map of the Gender World
A society that respects neither religion nor art cannot be called a civilization.
Claire Lehmann
· 12 min read
Portrait of the Artist as a False Accuser
An artist should be able to create whatever artifact she likes out of the tissue of her own reality—within such boundaries prescribed by libel law.
Jonathan Kay
· 9 min read
The Souls of Yellow Folk—A Review
Collectively, the essays paint a fascinating and disturbing picture of pre-dystopian anomie and dissolution.
Daniel Oppenheimer
· 8 min read
Headline Rhymes
Graham Verdon
· 1 min read
An Israeli Agent on Campus
The need for bridge-building and constructive dialogue has been overtaken by the belief that everyone in Israeli society is complicit in that nation’s uniquely deplorable sins.
Ari David Blaff
· 12 min read