Remembering Roger Scruton, Defender of Reason in a World of Postmodern Jackals
Scruton did not entertain petty prejudices, and had no wish to tell anyone how to live or who to love.
Barbara Kay
· 8 min read
Art and Culture
A collection of 759 posts
Religious Progressivism
It is not only religious “zealots” who get obsessed about good and evil. All human beings do.
Colin Turfus
· 7 min read
Sheep and Mirrors: On Being Social
What is it about other people that bestows such joy, such comfort, such indispensable meaning on our lives?
Emma Wilkins
· 13 min read
Racial Slurs and Deferential Condescension
We are effectively being told that, at this truth-seeking institution, it is inappropriate for us to utter certain indisputably true statements, because the value of truth is trumped by the emotional states of one or another demographic.
Matthew Small
· 5 min read
Free Speech Matters, Even When it’s Not Protected by the First Amendment
As chilling effects go, “I would speak out, but I don’t want to risk going to jail” is not all that different from “I would speak out, but I don’t want to risk losing my friends and my livelihood.”
Jason Richwine
· 6 min read
The Bigotry of Environmental Pessimism
The “Lorax” view of environmental problems as a consequence of greed has always been wrong and depressing.
Michael Shellenberger
· 8 min read
Theoterrorism versus Freedom of Speech—A Review
Not only had Carrell hurt the feelings of the Iranian people, but he had hurt the feelings of Muslims all over the world. There would be consequences.
Rumy Hasan
· 8 min read
Memories of Life at Kingdom Hall: An Alberta Schoolgirl Waits for Armageddon
Paradise was as real to us as a memory—and even though it wasn’t something concrete, our minds were already there in it.
Amber Scorah
· 10 min read
The Case for Nabokov
An even moderately careful reading of Lolita should make it quite clear that it’s anything but a “celebration” of child rape.
Cathy Young
· 13 min read
Policing the Creative Imagination
If sensitivity readers become a publishing institution, they will only incentivize more cautious, conservative, and ideologically homogenous books.
Craig DeLancey
· 9 min read
How Intersectionalism Betrays the World’s Muslim Women
The progress of Muslim reformers, dissidents and apostates is hindered by leftists that use cultural relativism as a basis for their activism.
Omayma Mohamed
· 9 min read
Denmark's Blaspheming Mother
Immigration, Islamism and integration are salient issues even in the happiest place on earth.
Andy Ngo
· 9 min read
Jordan Peterson, And the New Chivalry
Peterson could remain detached from the people who seek his help, but he is courageous enough to connect with their pain, and thereby render himself vulnerable in the public forum.
Esther O'Reilly
· 12 min read
Michel Houellebecq: Prophet or Troll?
Houellebecq depicts a Europe where French culture is a bad joke.
Jaspreet Singh Boparai
· 14 min read
Conservatives Need to Start Taking Art Seriously
Because many conservative journals have given up on the subject of art entirely, one is tempted to ask what conservatives are seeking to actually conserve.
Michael J. Pearce
· 7 min read