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The events at Sainte-Soline have received less attention from the international media than the pension-reform protests, but they are arguably more consequential.
Premature claims, distorted results, and ‘decolonizing’ the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Jennifer Gries used claims of rape to punish a co-worker. Activists at Stanford used her lies for their own purposes.
The disgraceful scenes at Stanford are a flawless embodiment of how diversity doctrine distorts academic life and constrains decision-making.
The problem isn’t that some academics are activists. It’s that some academics do activism badly.
The obsessive policing of language in the name of progress relies on magical thinking.
Universities cannot withstand the assault on objective truth.
Poverty is not the cause of abuse and neglect.
In 2020, a British High Court judge ruled that actor Johnny Depp was probably a “wife beater.” Earlier this year, an American jury disagreed. Who got it right?
The pro-nuclear movement is gaining traction despite vocal opposition
Adult toddlers throw tantrums for the same reason as children: they desperately want something and have no idea how to get it.
We cannot rethink history to console those it embarrasses.
The field is mired in risible theory and impenetrable jargon, and increasingly divorced from concern with the welfare of children.
Those fighting for social change today would do well to heed Bayard Rustin’s advice about how to build sustainable and effective political movements.
One of the biggest blunders of modern activism is the promotion of guilt and the demand for false privilege.