A collection of 248 posts
I worry about the unintended consequences of the neurodiversity movement, particularly when their demands are promulgated religiously and without nuance.
The notion that we abandoned our old faiths and replaced them with new ones is too tidy and simplistic.
Across the English-speaking world, the discussion of trans rights is governed by taboos, sacred myths, and, in some cases, outright lies.
Empty claims of caste discrimination in the West have damaging legal, reputational, and social consequences.
The focus on the self to the exclusion of everything else is undermining the rule of law.
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