The Munk Debate and the Perils of Tribalism
Tribalism isn’t a toy and academics who think they can regulate it up and down like a set of dials to determine who’s in which group
Uri Harris
· 6 min read
Art and Culture
A collection of 747 posts
In-Groups, Out-Groups, and the IDW
John Nerst suggests that what is actually at issue is whether the discussion of the racial IQ gap is a matter of science or of politics.
Jacob Falkovich
· 13 min read
Jordan Peterson and the Failure of the Left
The hyperbolic uniformity of the leftist attack on Peterson is emblematic of the growing tendency to reduce left-of-center thought to the status of a rigidly simplistic ideology.
Carol Horton
· 10 min read
‘Indigenous Ways of Knowing’: Magical Thinking and Spirituality by Any One Name
The idea of bringing traditional ways of knowing together with empirical data and science is important.
Josh Dehaas
· 7 min read
Understanding Victimhood Culture: An Interview with Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning
Conservatives and others who find themselves opposed to campus activists might uphold the values of the dignity culture the activists reject
Claire Lehmann
· 25 min read
The Racism Treadmill
If racism still looms large in our social and political lives, then, as one left-wing commentator put it, “progress is debatable.”
Coleman Hughes
· 15 min read
Glamourising the 'Childfree Life' Ignores Reality for Most Childless Women
But the truth is, these women are not 'free' of the children they yearn for. Motherhood is a burden that we would give anything to bear.
Melanie Notkin
· 6 min read
A History of the Struggle for Gay Equality: Civil Rights or Counterculture Movement?
While the achievements of the gay rights movement are commendable, we should be wary of queer separatist activism.
Geoffrey Wale
· 11 min read
Elham Manea: From Fundamentalism to Reform
“For a tiny minority, it is about the bloodlust of the battlefield,” she says. “However, for the majority, Islamists operate through nonviolence.
Andy Ngo
· 11 min read
Life as a Kuffar: My Seven Lost Years in Kuwait
Every industry in Kuwait is bloated with salaried, citizen employees who pick and choose their working schedules.
Carla Wilson
· 13 min read
Unconscious Bias Training as a Management Tool
Training on ‘unconscious bias’ is the punishment that hiring committees face for not hiring enough female and (non-Asian) minority professors.
Sebastian Cesario
· 4 min read
Kanye West and the Future of Black Conservatism
When black people are asked what they think about myriad race-related issues, their answers often deviate from liberal orthodoxy.
Coleman Hughes
· 7 min read
How Canada’s Cult of the Noble Savage Harms Its Indigenous Peoples
Generations of Indigenous children were forcibly sent to church- and government-run residential schools, which systematically stripped away their culture and language.
Jonathan Kay
· 22 min read
The Incentives for Groupthink
What is groupthink? It is the powerful mechanism through which groups reinforce.
Neema Parvini
· 12 min read
Steven Pinker: Counter-Enlightenment Convictions are 'Surprisingly Resilient'
What are some of the classic experiments in psychology that you think an educated person should know about?
Quillette
· 7 min read