The Dangerous Life of an Anthropologist
Remembering one of the last titans of anthropology.
Channelling the Malthusian Roots of Climate Extremism
Malthusian hysteria has become embedded in all sorts of extremist sects.
From Homophobia to Anti-Bigotry: How Did Christians Become the New Pariahs?
When it comes to matters around sexuality a set of presumptions have been adopted which are proving quite as dogmatic as the notions they replaced.
PODCAST 56: Douglas Murray talks about his new book The Madness of Crowds
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University Harassment Policy and Its Problems
In its effort to protect its students from potentially awkward social interactions, the university is arrogating adult decision-making to the institution.
Understanding the Propaganda Campaign Against So-called ‘TERFs’
It certainly sounds bad (“exclusion” being a modern secular sin), for it suggests that so-called TERFs want trans people excluded from health care, or from jobs or homes, or from society as a whole—or even from life itself.
Gilead Resembles an Islamic Theocracy, not Trump’s America
Misogynist thinking and actions exist in America today but not only among right-wing conservatives. It is also flourishing among our media and academic elites.
The Problem with Sensitivity Readers
Sensitivity readers are typically sought by authors writing about some marginalized group—a culture to which they don’t personally belong, or a community about which they don’t feel they have complete expertise, and about which they want to be warned of any overlooked biases or stereotypes.
The Man at the Arcade
Sometimes, it seemed like the world was against me. But when I did finally get the chance to read all those carefully kept files, my overwhelming impression was that they—the social workers, guardian ad litems, judges, teachers and volunteers—were trying their best.
Right of Reply: Our Response to Jerry Coyne
Careless in his facts, Coyne is also careless in his references.
Hong Kong: First Line of Defence against a Rising Fascist Power
The total authoritarian control that Xi craves has been denied to him for the first time since he took office.
The Case for Black Optimism
The narrative of doom and gloom is misleading.
How to Be a Dictator—A Review
Dictators were portrayed as omnipotent and omnibenevolent, but only Gods can be infallible.
'Cancel Culture,' Roaring Twenties-Style
The term “cancel culture” has become hotly contested of late. Critics say it is indiscriminately used to describe different degrees of mass opprobrium produced by transgressions that range from the trivial to the criminal. Now, while mob justice is never a particularly good idea, it is certainly true that some
PODCAST 55: Samantha Geimer, raped by Roman Polanski at 13, on her rejection of victimhood