Thiel vs Gawker: Why a Defensive Media is the Real Threat to Free Speech
Gawker Media has tormented both powerful and not so powerful people for some time now.
Claire Lehmann
· 5 min read
Confessions of a Recovering Tumblr Feminist
My blissful union with feminism ended in the same way that any long-term relationship does: with hurt feelings, a little embarrassment, and a pang of remorse over what could have been.
Toni Airaksinen
· 4 min read
Reza Aslan Peddles False Wares to Influential Dupes
Aslan peddles a sanitized version of Islam to gullible viewers.
Jeffrey Tayler
· 14 min read
Against Fatalism: The Limits of Money in Politics
The poor could never rise to the top of Roman politics; the common people could never seize the political initiative; and it was axiomatic that the richer an individual citizen was, the more political weight he should have.
J. Andrew
· 4 min read
Giving Genes Their Due, But Not More
To go from noticing that genetic differences were making a difference to knowing which genetic differences were making a difference, geneticists had to move from the classical twin methods to the modern “molecular” methods.
Erik Parens
· 16 min read
Trade Protectionism in the Marketplace of Ideas
The marketplace of ideas is premised on the notion that when people exchange competing ideas, they assign value to those with the most intellectual merit and discard those without merit.
April Kelly-Woessner
· 7 min read
The Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Making of the Modern Middle East
The agreement provided a general understanding of British and French spheres of influence in the Middle East. The goal was to divide between them the Ottoman Empire’s Arab provinces (not including the Arabian Peninsula).
Aaron W Hughes
· 4 min read
Where Are The Conservative Professors?
In this environment, it’s almost impossible to find anyone — students or professors — who admit they hold conservative views.
Toni Airaksinen
· 4 min read
Marketing Grit: When Science Lags Behind Populism
But the real reason for Duckworth’s genius is that she’s been able to do all of this based on shaky science.
Parker Brown
· 6 min read
Clinton and Trump: Different Visions of America Abroad
Leadership entails setting the global agenda whenever possible. That means being active rather than reactive. And that active agenda is comprehensive.
Simon Reich
· 6 min read
Free Speech and Islam — The Left Betrays the Most Vulnerable
The misguided progressives who denounce “Islamophobia” and turn a blind eye to the mistreatment of, say, women, gays, and adherents of other religions in Muslim communities or in Islamic countries constitute what Maajid Nawaz has dubbed the “regressive left.”
Jeffrey Tayler
· 10 min read
Authenticity and Experience: The Problem of Identity Politics in Literature
Our culture, dominated by the 140 character limit, is particularly apt at creating tempests in teacups, each evoking an explosion of drama that exhausts itself in a mere matter of days (or in some cases a matter of hours).
James Walker
· 10 min read
The Bermuda Triangle Part II: Dangerous Research & The Risks Worth Taking
The strategies of mob science are uncomplicated and as both Rushton and Gottfredson would learn first hand, they are terrifyingly effective.
Brian Boutwell
· 7 min read
Purity and Tolerance: The Contradictory Morality of College Campuses
Moral cultures reflect their social structures, and victimhood culture is no different: It occurs in a context where there is cultural diversity, social equality, and stable authority.
Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning
· 7 min read
Labour in Meltdown – But What Is Anti-Semitism?
For more than a millennium a term such as “anti-Jewish” would have made more sense than “antisemitism”.
Eric Heinze
· 5 min read