Identitarianism Is Splintering Democracy
Now, let’s consider for a moment the practical consequences of this theory for our representative democracy.
Max Diamond
· 5 min read
Rethinking Gender, Sexuality, and Violence
We should work to devise effective solutions to continue that progress, rather resorting to using all men as scapegoats for the violence that remains.
Gideon Scopes
· 14 min read
Mindfulness — Nobody Really Knows, and That's the Problem
Researchers should systematically assess potential side effects when studying mindfulness treatments.
Nicholas T Van Dam and Nick Haslam
· 5 min read
The Oppression Flag — The Quarterback Whose Aim Was Untrue
But is it “oppression”? There has been a tendency in recent years to water down definitions of certain words and then to misapply them.
Susan Lehman
· 9 min read
Liberals Are Turning Against the Internet
The bonds of nationalism, ethnicity, and religion would either wither away or perhaps allow numerous tribes to co-exist in and open and tolerant multicultural setting.
Leon Hadar
· 11 min read
Best of the Web — October 22, 2017
Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Nasty, Brutish, and Fat: Of Hobbes and Harvey Weinstein John Podhoretz, Commentary The Sam Kriss Problem Cathy Young, Medium Unintended Consequences of Sexual Harassment Scandals Claire Cain Miller, The New York Times Culture and Civilization Manners and Political Life George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures Teenage Wasteland
Quillette
· 1 min read
The Biological Case for Criminal Justice Reform
“We’ve successfully banished the notion of punishment in that realm,” Sapolsky writes. “It may take centuries, but we can do the same in all our current arenas of punishment.”
Hal Conick
· 6 min read
Free Speech Needs Boundaries to Survive
It wouldn’t be misleading to say that the greatest threat to free speech today comes from free speech itself.
Wessie du Toit
· 6 min read
China's Zero Tolerance for Academic Freedom
China quickly found itself facing dissatisfaction from those steamrollered by a policy of growth at all costs, in spite of the country’s economic and diplomatic successes.
Emilie Tran
· 5 min read
Sarah Haider — Normalising Dissent: A Conversation
The effects of that particular stance – it’s not so visible how harmful it can be. But you’re lying about the reality of hundreds of millions of people across the world.
Spencer Case
· 15 min read
The Problem with the Neurodiversity Movement
This requires people to set aside their prejudices and preconceived ideas and engage into a dialogue with those with whom they may disagree or even hate.
Thomas Clements
· 7 min read
Sex, Seductions, and Social Explanation
At its best, commentary on the science of sex differences has been about method and about evidence, and the knowledge that, with care, these can produce.
Michael Clegg
· 10 min read
Austria's Snap Election — The End of the Grand Coalition
The election on October 15 could see the FPÖ enter government for the first time in nearly 20 years. How did we get here?
Lindsay Mackenzie
· 9 min read
From Ancient Times to the Present — Transferring Guilt Makes a Mockery of Justice
Transferring guilt across generations from ancient ancestors to their heirs was highly convenient for religious authorities.
T.M. Murray
· 12 min read
Haruki Murakami — Poet of Loneliness
It is in such trancelike states that Murakami’s characters are drawn into the lands of the surreal and the absurd.
Ben Sixsmith
· 5 min read