Podcast #231: Leaving MAGA
Former Trump activist Rich Logis explains why he renounced his former MAGA beliefs—and how he’s helping others exit the movement.
Quillette
· 1 min read
The Seven Laws of Pessimism
If life is better than ever before, why does the world seem so depressing?
Maarten Boudry
· 16 min read
India’s Illiberal First Amendment
The Indian government’s tendency to crack down on speech of which it disapproves dates from the founding of the republic.
Anwesh Satpathy
· 11 min read
Against Polyamory
Despite its sex-positive presentation, it is contrary, and perhaps even hostile, to the spirit of Eros.
David Polansky
· 6 min read
Australia Day: A Contentious Celebration
The founding of Australia is still worthy of commemoration.
Adrian Nguyen
· 11 min read
Bestseller Reparations
In ‘American Fiction,’ director Cord Jefferson brings a devil-may-care effrontery to bear on the culture of self-censorship, progressive pieties, and artistic hypocrisy.
Thomas Larson
· 7 min read
New Details in the Tragic Case of Toronto Educator Richard Bilkszto
A Freedom-of-Information request sheds light on the Toronto District School Board’s ‘abusive, egregious and vexatious’ anti-racism trainer.
Jonathan Kay
· 8 min read
Virtuous Lies and Black Despair
Many leftists claim that black Americans are crushed beneath a vast, racist social machinery. It is hard to imagine a more demoralizing message.
Julian Adorney, Jake Mackey
· 10 min read
A Gathering of the Huns
In the seventh instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes how disparate Hunnic tribes coalesced into the unified force that would terrorize Europe.
Herbert Bushman
· 16 min read
Looking Back on a Decade of Cancel Culture
A new book traces the rising threat to free speech on American campuses—and explains how students, teachers, administrators, and parents can become part of the solution.
Greg Lukianoff, Rikki Schlott
· 10 min read
Master of Reality
“Things were bleak, they really were. Yet nobody was singing about that side of life, which is why we thought we should.”
George Case
· 8 min read
Is Sanity Returning to the Australian Gender Debate?
There have been numerous incidents of vociferous trans activism in Tasmania, yet it was still possible to pass sensible legislation.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 6 min read
Immigration and Instability
Ireland is struggling with new realities in an age of global migration.
Brian Kaller
· 8 min read