The Left’s Social Contract Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It A relentless focus on dubious forms of ‘oppression’ is alienating traditional leftists. Saving the progressive movement means returning it to its liberal roots Allan Stratton 20 Jul 2023 · 14 min read
Corporate Rainbow Marketing: Too Much of a Good Thing A recent dust-up involving NHL goalie James Reimer demonstrates the folly of pitting Pride PR against the conscience of individual actors. Allan Stratton 23 Mar 2023 · 6 min read
A Bore of a Blockbuster Next time, one hopes, James Cameron will focus as much on the story he tells as the means he uses to tell it. Allan Stratton 19 Jan 2023 · 7 min read
Dave Chappelle vs. the New Puritans As the legendary comedian chalks up prestigious awards and plays to packed houses, his progressive critics look increasingly ridiculous. Allan Stratton 3 Aug 2022 · 9 min read
Ricky Gervais Knows No Fear The comedian's new Netflix special has its weak spots. But when it comes to goring gender ideology's sacred cows, no one does it better Allan Stratton 16 Jun 2022 · 9 min read
If You Care About Trans Rights, Don’t Let Predators Pick Their Pronouns Some men are re-identifying as men immediately upon release from women’s prisons. Allan Stratton 29 Apr 2022 · 13 min read
History Lessons from the Toronto Mob Targeting a 19th-Century Gay Icon Allan Stratton 26 Nov 2021 · 15 min read
The Progressive Case for Renouncing Gender Extremism: Last of a Three-Part Series Allan Stratton 21 Sep 2021 · 18 min read
Rescuing the Radicalized Discourse on Sex and Gender: Part Two of a Three-Part Series Our choice of words affects the way we think. That’s why we spend so much time fighting over which terms to use, whether it’s “undocumented immigrants” versus “illegal aliens,” “foetuses” versus “unborn babies,” or “militants” versus “terrorists.” In recent years, the question of word choice has figured prominently Allan Stratton 27 Jul 2021 · 17 min read
The 'Gender Supremacist' Threat to the Progressive Alliance: Part One of a Three-Part Series Allan Stratton 22 Jun 2021 · 22 min read
We Can Revisit (And Even Replace) the Classic Books We Teach Children—Without Cancelling Them Allan Stratton 18 Mar 2021 · 15 min read
What We Owe to 'The Boys in the Band'—and Other Classics of Gay Film Allan Stratton 28 Oct 2020 · 14 min read