My Journey Out of Extremism
And how I became a small-l liberal.
Richard Hanania
· 11 min read
AIs Will Be Our Mind Children
We must free our artificial descendants to adapt to their new worlds and choose what they will become.
Robin Hanson
· 7 min read
On Sontag
A new collection of essays from the mid-70s offers a frustrating glimpse of the author’s strengths and weaknesses.
Riley Moore
· 11 min read
In the Spirit of the Lord
Menacing, exuberant, eccentric, and ambitious—Dylan’s first evangelical record turns two-score and four.
David Cohen
· 16 min read
Not a Genocide
Terrible things happened at many of Canada’s Residential Schools. But describing these institutions as instruments of mass murder is inaccurate.
Ian Gentles
· 34 min read
How Accurate is Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’?
A nuclear engineer reviews the blockbuster film.
Robert Zubrin
· 10 min read
The Great Misinformation Panic
By going to war against "misinformation" governments are merely diverting finite resources from addressing real harm to people and property, which purportedly justifies the panic in the first place.
Dara Macdonald
· 8 min read
What History Teaches Us About the Importance of Academic Freedom
This 1949 primer shows us there’s nothing new about today’s controversies about free speech on campus.
James Huffman
· 12 min read
Woke Capitalism Gets a Black Eye
The dictatorial possibility tucked inside the commitment to “inclusivity” has rebounded, satisfyingly, on the perpetrators.
John Lloyd
· 7 min read
Neuroaffirmation—A Therapist’s Concerns
I worry about the unintended consequences of the neurodiversity movement, particularly when their demands are promulgated religiously and without nuance.
Rita Range
· 10 min read
One-Dimensional Woman Enters the Manosphere
Nina Power’s new book is fraught with contradictions and ideological incoherence.
Arturo Desimone
· 7 min read
The Limits of Self Love
Scholars and activists in the field of fat studies do not believe that there is an obesity-related health crisis at all.
Jack Butler
· 12 min read
Dare to Be Brilliant
Nolan’s kaleidoscopic biopic may be his most ambitious picture to date.
Brad Strotten
· 4 min read