Roald Dahl and the Ethics of Art
The urge to censor is based on a misunderstanding of what makes literature valuable.
Iona Italia
· 11 min read
The Liberal Internationalist
A fine new book argues that the contemporary Left could learn a lot from the life and work of the late polemicist Christopher Hitchens.
Michael J. Totten
· 19 min read
Aristotle (and the Stoics): An Interview with John Sellars
A new book by John Sellars explores the life’s work and extraordinary legacy of the man he has provocatively called “the single most important human being ever to have lived.”
Riley Moore
· 20 min read
A Demagogue Departs
The SNP has identified England and the English political class—especially the governing Conservative Party—as hostile forces.
John Lloyd
· 7 min read
Ukraine’s Verdun
It is not just Western officials who worry that Zelensky’s determination to defend Bakhmut at all costs will cripple his army’s effectiveness.
Robert Zaretsky
· 5 min read
The Ethos of Female Prisons
A philosopher breaks down the debate over how to treat male criminals who self-identity as women.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 12 min read
A Mummy by Any Other Name
A century after the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, curators bent on ‘decolonizing’ history have become needlessly skittish about the M-word.
Steven Tucker
· 15 min read
Mearsheimer: Rigor or Reaction?
What John J. Mearsheimer gets wrong about Ukraine, international affairs, and much else besides.
Matt Johnson
· 21 min read
Jordan Peterson’s Last Trial
While Ontario's College of Psychologists have been censorious and discriminatory, Peterson’s online behavior is worthy of criticism.
Jason Garshfield
· 9 min read
Nick Cave: “Conservatism Is an Aspiration”
The lead Bad Seed shares his thoughts on creativity, marriage, and having a conservative temperament.
Claire Lehmann
· 13 min read
AI and the Transformation of the Human Spirit
The first stage of grief is denial, but despair is also misplaced.
Steven D. Hales
· 13 min read
Understanding the Rise of Transgender Identities
The social dynamics of girls’ and women’s friendship groups, including a desire to fit in and avoid conflict, may make them more susceptible to social contagion.
David C. Geary
· 13 min read
‘Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad’—A Review
It wasn’t lost on black soldiers that they were being called upon to liberate oppressed peoples overseas, even as they faced prejudice in the United States.
Tim Cook
· 9 min read