Paranoid Paleoconservatives
Trump’s populist campaign has energized a political fringe tendency now known as the alt-right.
Jamie Palmer
· 23 min read
Art and Culture
A collection of 783 posts
Cultural Appropriation Sold Out When It Went Mainstream
Public criticism of cultural appropriation, even in its more sober and reflective manifestations, duly narrows to a couple of apparent trends.
Robert Seddon
· 6 min read
Bald Men Fighting Over a Comb: Arguments About the Classical Tradition
Most of the praise comes only from Classics teachers, or others easily impressed by a thin veneer of learning.
Sandra Kotta
· 19 min read
What Philosophers Must Learn from the Transracialism Meltdown
For years we have been hearing that political correctness is cresting, that this-or-that campus outrage represents the last straw, the turning point.
Spencer Case
· 11 min read
When Accusations Lose Their Bite
ABC canceled one of its most popular shows, “Last Man Standing” starring conservative comedian Tim Allen.
Nathan Cofnas
· 6 min read
“The EU is Essentially a German Empire”: Peter Hitchens on Geopolitics and the Future of Europe
The European Union is essentially therefore a modern avatar of the empire, based on Richard von Kühlmann’s imperial concept of “limited sovereignty.”
Sumantra Maitra
· 9 min read
Inverted Nationalism and Orwellian Patriotism
Does inverted nationalism really influence the elite?
Spencer Case
· 10 min read
Who Will Make Our Coffee in Pret?
When a BBC Question Time audience member asked “Who will make our coffee in Pret?”
Derek Hopper
· 5 min read
Browsing the Tate Bookshop
The Tate Britain shop is large and there are multiple, unimpeachable shelves of books grouped into themes such as technique, art history.
Michael Clegg
· 7 min read
Laci Green, The Matrix, and the Future of Free Speech
“This is a pretty big concern of mine, I’ve felt this way for a long time, it affects my work, it affects the way I can interact with people, the things I can talk about, the people I can talk to.”
Michael Aaron
· 7 min read
Why We Should Stop Using the Term 'Gender'
From that perspective, it might make sense to co-opt “gender” to refer to human sexual phenotypic diversity.
Michael McConkey
· 8 min read
Cultural Appropriation Isn't Real
Being imaginative is more important for a writer than being from the “right” ethnic background or having the “right” experience.
Helen Dale
· 7 min read
A Line in the Sand for Academic Philosophy
Tuvel was criticized for not citing enough black or transgender scholars. Such a complaint could be leveled at virtually any philosophy paper.
Oliver Traldi
· 10 min read
What Eastern Bloc Dissidents Can Teach Us About 'Living in Truth'
Living in truth doesn’t mean speaking out unthinkingly on every issue. It matters not just what we say, but how we say it.
Philip Boobbyer
· 5 min read
It’s Time to Retire the Political Spectrum
“If the political spectrum is largely meaningless and causes so much confusion, why does nearly everyone buy into it?”
Hyrum Lewis
· 13 min read