Journalism Is Not Activism
The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
Robert Showah
· 8 min read
The New York Times Comes Out Against Free Speech
The most influential newspaper in the world, the standard bearer of the Establishment, is announcing that free speech is, or should be, over.
Larry Sanger
· 14 min read
Political Moderates Are Lying
Change is wrought by those willing to lead or force others toward it. Which is why we are skeptical that most people truly believe every position they express.
Vincent Harinam, Rob Henderson
· 12 min read
Unfabling the East — A Review
Unfabling the East is a brilliant new book by Jürgen Osterhammel that goes back to the original sources, and carefully reconstructs the evolution of European views of Asia.
Michael Savage
· 6 min read
Through the Looking Glass at Concordia University
The last elective I needed to receive my BA at Concordia University in Montreal, that I first realized something was very wrong.
Terry Newman
· 12 min read
She Has Her Mother's Laugh — The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity: A Review
The real problem with this book is that, to Zimmer and many other people, genetics itself is the enemy.
Gregory Cochran
· 7 min read
The War on Normal People
Recognising that there is a problem is half the battle.
Uri Harris
· 8 min read
Heterodoxy Is Hard — Even at the Heterodox Academy
Heterodox Academy meeting is any indication, heterodox thinking poses substantially more problems than even the hardworking leaders of Heterodox Academy realized.
John Paul Wright
· 9 min read
Jordan Peterson Rallies Portland's Dissidents
Inside, Mr. Peterson caught glimpses of the protest on a mobile phone while waiting backstage. “These are the brave masked people?
Andy Ngo
· 6 min read
Free Speech and the Capitulation of the SPLC
The SPLC, which had already removed the “Field Guide” from its website in April, issued a retraction and an apology—and agreed to pay Nawaz a $3.4 million settlement.
Cathy Young
· 7 min read
Bill de Blasio's Plan to Purge Asians from New York's Top Schools
Just 4 percent of specialized high school students got in under this program in 2017, but de Blasio will expand this program to fill 20 percent of the seats.
Daniel Friedman
· 11 min read
Diversity and Discrimination in Open Source
What is the problem with that? Isn’t diversity something we should incentivize? As it happens, I don’t think diversity is either inherently good or inherently bad.
Rafael Avila de Espindola
· 7 min read
What Jordan Peterson Gets Wrong About the Beatitudes
The problem is that Peterson is claiming that the Bible endorses the same idea of effectual personhood that he does.
Justin Shelby
· 12 min read
Shibboleths That Exclude in the Name of Inclusion
Does the applicant have experience teaching students from a variety of backgrounds? Have they worked respectfully and effectively with those students?
Sebastian Cesario
· 12 min read
Politics Are Not the Sum of a Person
Politics is important, but it is only a means to an end. Human flourishing, or the good life, is the proper end of social life.
Ryan Fazio
· 9 min read