A collection of 11 posts
The death toll under Communist regimes is of incredible magnitude. Yet whenever I attack Communism for being an evil ideology, I get a serious number of rebuttals.
Its ability to churn out plausible sounding explanations for historical and social phenomena is part of Marxism’s core appeal. But its grand theoretical framework simply does not hold up.
Arguments that patriarchy exists in the West today are largely dependent on reinventions of the concept that would be better dispensed with.
The history of Soviet totalitarianism is now being rewritten.
Othello and Iago represent two enduring behaviours whose conflicts have shaped much of humanity’s theory of mind and moral emotions to the present day.
How Alexis de Tocqueville foretold the rise of victimhood culture.
The state should not assume the right to end the lives of its citizens at will.
How to effectively counter some perennial arguments against free speech.
Male versus female is one of surprisingly few genuine dichotomies.
The history of utopian fiction proves that we can’t even imagine a better world.
Postmodernism and Its Impact, Explained.