Kurds Need A Street: A (Classical) Liberal Case for Kurdistan
Western leaders and policymakers who bemoan the referendum can, if they choose, flatter themselves as “realists.”
Jonah Cohen
· 6 min read
Art and Culture
A collection of 726 posts
The Brains Trust of Intersectionality
These might be two separate and superficially different incidents, but they are qualitatively very similar and underline the same cultural tensions that lead to these scenarios.
Sumantra Maitra
· 5 min read
Glenn Greenwald is Wrong Again on Charlie Hebdo
Having falsely established that Charlie Hebdo were just picking on Muslims, he can lay the charge of hypocrisy upon anybody that has ever objected to any other speech.
David Paxton
· 8 min read
Why Postmodern Art is Vacant
Yet, modern art is still portrayed as being avant-garde, defying trends, and sticking it to the establishment.
Jason Newman
· 10 min read
Defending Western History From Political Propaganda
Ben Sixsmith
· 5 min read
Genetics, Fear, and the Slippery Slope of Moral Authoritarianism
Many warnings were offered up to us about how well-meaning scientists and policy makers could slip into using genetic information maleficently.
Charleen Adams
· 9 min read
The Case for Psychedelics
Psychedelics are incredible tools whose significance lies in their ability to catalyze the power of the human mind for healing, creativity, and spiritual consciousness.
W. Keith Campbell and Brandon Weiss
· 14 min read
Centrism: A Moderate Manifesto
These common complaints might contain more than a kernel of truth, but centrism doesn’t need to be dull or incoherent.
Bo Winegard
· 11 min read
Science, Sin, and Paternalism
The message is loud and clear: sugar is bad, government regulation is good, and now we have the science to prove it.
Matthew Mott
· 5 min read
Scott Adams, Donald Trump and the Ethics of Persuasion
The answer, it should come as no surprise, is that he uses the very same tactics of evasion and persuasion for which he admires the president.
Jake Orthwein
· 11 min read
The Google Diversity Memo: It’s still stereotyping—just not the way you think it is!
What Google needs to do is to tailor its diversity policies towards the men and women who work at Google.
Renee Adams and Vanitha Ragunathan
· 4 min read
Should We “Stop Equating ‘Science’ With Truth”?
The message that liberates women is not: men and women are the same, and anyone who tells you different is oppressing you.
Heather E. Heying
· 7 min read
Liberalism in Peril
By using opposition to the illiberalism of Trump as a platform for their own illiberal politics, progressives risk dragging the Democratic Party into a populist cul-de-sac of its own.
Jamie Palmer
· 11 min read
The Haunted Mind: The Stubborn Persistence of the Supernatural
According to polls, roughly half of people in the United States and Britain believe in ghosts. Furthermore, around 25% of people report having seen or been in the presence of a ghost.
Bo Winegard and Ben Winegard
· 14 min read
Traditionalists and Activists are Both Wrong About Sex and Gender
The clearest evidence for this lack of a distinction is the fact that most individuals are cisgender (individuals whose gender identity aligns with their biological sex).
Gregory Gorelik
· 8 min read