Gender’s Truth-Distortion Field
Across the English-speaking world, the discussion of trans rights is governed by taboos, sacred myths, and, in some cases, outright lies.
Sean Masters, Raimund Hume
· 10 min read
Activism
A collection of 246 posts
The Fragility of the Caste-Oppression Hypothesis
Empty claims of caste discrimination in the West have damaging legal, reputational, and social consequences.
Prakash Shah
· 9 min read
The Sanctification of the Self
The focus on the self to the exclusion of everything else is undermining the rule of law.
Megan Wildhood
· 8 min read
The Battle of Sainte-Soline
The events at Sainte-Soline have received less attention from the international media than the pension-reform protests, but they are arguably more consequential.
Robert Zaretsky
· 6 min read
Astrobiology: The Rise and Fall of a Nascent Science
Premature claims, distorted results, and ‘decolonizing’ the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 12 min read
The Stanford Rape Hoax
Jennifer Gries used claims of rape to punish a co-worker. Activists at Stanford used her lies for their own purposes.
Lona Manning
· 21 min read
Dismantle DEI Ideology
The disgraceful scenes at Stanford are a flawless embodiment of how diversity doctrine distorts academic life and constrains decision-making.
Heather Mac Donald
· 16 min read
Is There Such a Thing as a Good Academic-Activist?
The problem isn’t that some academics are activists. It’s that some academics do activism badly.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 10 min read
A Conspiracy Theory of Connotations
The obsessive policing of language in the name of progress relies on magical thinking.
Oliver Traldi
· 7 min read
The Approaching Disintegration of Academia
Universities cannot withstand the assault on objective truth.
Mark Goldblatt
· 7 min read
Child Welfare and the Cash Panacea
Poverty is not the cause of abuse and neglect.
Naomi Schaefer Riley
· 6 min read
Scenes from a Marriage
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?
Charlotte Allen
· 70 min read
It’s Time the Green Movement Stopped Demonizing Nuclear
The pro-nuclear movement is gaining traction despite vocal opposition
Zion Lights
· 13 min read
Moral Toddlers Making a Mess
Adult toddlers throw tantrums for the same reason as children: they desperately want something and have no idea how to get it.
Robert Tracinski
· 6 min read
Reckon with This
We cannot rethink history to console those it embarrasses.
George Case
· 9 min read