Religions, Nations, and Other Useful Fictions
But it has been entirely exorcised, emptied of soul and Christianity, respecting only the machine underneath.
Alexander Blum
· 7 min read
A Striking Similarity — The Revolutionary Findings of Twin Studies
The British psychologist Cyril Burt had been accused of falsifying the results of twin studies and related research into the heritability of IQ.
Henrik B. Dynesen
· 10 min read
Moral Panic — Then and Now
Boycotts, de-platforming and witch hunts do “succeed” in the narrow sense that they can ruin lives. But they don’t change anyone’s privately held opinions.
Barrett Wilson
· 8 min read
The Three Languages of Politics — A Review
In The Three Languages of Politics, Kling argues that to understand our political opponents, we need to update the way we frame disagreements.
Tristan Flock
· 7 min read
Is There Anybody In There? — Derek Parfit's Criticism of the Self
Parfit was concerned with the perplexing question of the self and personal identity. Do we have self? If so, what is it? Does the self possess any value?
Matt McManus
· 11 min read
Democratic Socialism Is a Scam
The failure of pundits to discern between democratic socialism and Nordic social democracy is not for a lack of transparency on the part of DSA.
Giancarlo Sopo
· 5 min read
The Decline of the Humanities and What to Do About It
Assessing the genesis of these problems requires a broad historical background understanding, because sociology stands at the nexus of the social sciences and the humanities.
Lachlann Tierney
· 9 min read
The Infantilisation of Black America
This embarrassing spectacle sometimes resembles an adult who humors a fractious infant just to reassure it that he is an amiable and unthreatening figure.
Tosin Akintola
· 8 min read
Britain's Populist Revolt
Britain has produced a Brexit debate that is utterly dry, sterile, and completely lacking in imagination.
Matthew Goodwin
· 22 min read
Who Is to Blame for Haiti's Problems?
More than anywhere else, hope exists in environmental restoration and a healthy international credit.
Arthur Cook
· 12 min read
The Death of the Author and the End of Empathy
The Nation’s editors are now taking aim at language itself, reducing the complexity of human communication to a primitive understanding of words.
Heather Mac Donald
· 7 min read
Reclaiming Work as a Virtue
My father taught me a simple lesson: when the alarm clock goes off, you get out of bed, have a shave, wash yourself, put your clothes on and go to work. You’ve got to be resilient and you’ve got to be focused on what you want to achieve.
Nyunggai Warren Mundine
· 12 min read
Toxic Masculinity and Gender Equity in the Australian Defence Force
If the intentions of senior military leadership are not so self-aggrandising and opportunistic, then they are at least ignorant of the underlying dynamics and complexities of gender equality in an environment as unique as the military.
Luke J. Graham
· 8 min read
Why Trans Kids Need Gatekeepers
Gatekeeping is not about saying “yes” or “no” straight-up.
Libby DownUnder
· 12 min read
Cultural Appropriation and the Children of ‘Shōgun’
The panic over cultural appropriation seeks to stigmatise many wonderful works of popular fiction.
Kevin Mims
· 11 min read