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Father Absence Has Already Peaked

A Reply to David C. Geary's 'The Rise of Father Absence and Its Attendant Social Ills.'

23 Apr 2023 · 5 min read

I’m Loving Substack’s New ‘Notes’ Service. But Can the Good Times Last?

Much as Substack originally supplied writers with a turnkey newsletter operation, Notes provides us with a turnkey form of community-building.

Jonathan Kay

18 Apr 2023 · 7 min read

Introducing ‘The Nations of Canada’

The project that (finally) got me hooked on Canadian history.

Jonathan Kay

7 Apr 2023 · 8 min read

Defining ‘Woke’ (a Word We Should Probably All Stop Using)

It’s fine to concede the (originally) progressive nature of wokeism, so long as we also call out the movement’s betrayal of core liberal values

Jonathan Kay

25 Mar 2023 · 7 min read

Comparing Wokeness to Christianity Is an Insult to the Church

To the extent social-justice extremism resembles a puritanical faith, it’s one that provides believers with no grace and no hope of redemption.

Matthew Rowley

20 Feb 2023 · 7 min read

Teaching UBC Medical Scholars that Biological Sex is a ‘Colonial Imposition’

How to identify a male research subject? At the University of British Columbia, it’s anyone who “resonates with masculinity.”

Amy Eileen Hamm

14 Feb 2023 · 5 min read

Gender, Sex, and Powerlifting

With a biologically male athlete poised to break a Canadian women’s record, it’s time for the sport’s leaders to acknowledge the reality of sexual dimorphism.

Jonathan Kay

2 Feb 2023 · 10 min read

Don’t Use the W-Word

Trumpeting your wokeness—or anti-wokeness—won’t do anything to fix society’s problems.

Angel Eduardo

28 Jan 2023 · 5 min read

Ignoring Biological Reality Puts Female Hockey Players at Risk

A frightening injury at an NHL-sponsored transgender tournament in Wisconsin reminds us why women’s leagues should remain sex-protected spaces.

Jonathan Kay

9 Dec 2022 · 12 min read

How Do We Protect Ourselves from Billion-Dollar Boy-Men?

The hubris and dilettantism of corporate titans is an old story. But the risk has been compounded by digital technology’s hugely scalable nature.

Jonathan Kay

22 Nov 2022 · 7 min read

Forget Elon Musk. Maybe the Problem with Twitter Is You

No technical fix can remove the stress that comes with putting your opinions out into the world. And if you can’t handle that stress, you need to log off.

Jonathan Kay

4 Nov 2022 · 5 min read