Brainrot, Not Ideology
The assassination of Charlie Kirk shows how Discord, memes, and “online brainrot” may motivate disaffected youth more than ideology.
Claire Lehmann
· 5 min read
Crime
A collection of 67 posts
The Murder of Iryna Zarutska
Why did this particular crime cut through the daily background noise of American violence?
Jukka Savolainen
· 7 min read
All Men Behaving Badly
Just six months after it was released by Netflix, Anna Kendrick’s feminist film about a real serial killer already looks like an ideological relic.
Charlotte Allen
· 23 min read
The Unending Search for Racism
The debate about Rickard Andersson’s killing spree has been informed by an unhealthy discourse about race and immigration in Sweden.
Dan Korn
· 7 min read
The Trial of Daniel Penny
Perhaps the most damaging aspect of Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s racial-equity regime has been the perception of racial unfairness it created in one of America’s most racially diverse cities.
Eli Steele
· 17 min read
Victim Blaming Revisited
Exploring biases and criticisms in the perception of crime victims, from robbery to rape.
Richard B. Felson
· 6 min read
Killed for a Rainbow Flag: Are Critics of Trans Ideology Responsible?
The inflammatory rhetoric that attempts to link hideous crimes like the recent shooting with legitimate concerns is misleading and misguided.
T.M. Murray
· 6 min read
The Wrongful Exoneration of Adnan Syed Part II: The Legal and Media Circus
Adnan Syed would never have been released had ‘Serial’ not been made. Advocacy journalism must be treated with caution.
Andrew Hammel
· 53 min read
The Wrongful Exoneration of Adnan Syed Part I: A Straightforward Murder Case
A serious reexamination of this case must begin by setting out the evidence that led the jury to convict.
Andrew Hammel
· 45 min read
Chicago’s Criminal Irresponsibility
Progressive thinking on urban violence is so unrealistic it is dystopian.
Jukka Savolainen
· 8 min read
How New Orleans Became a Hive of JFK Conspiracism
Jim Garrison’s theory of the presidential assassination was based on false evidence and homophobic paranoia. Yet many still believe he was right.
Michel Jacques Gagné
· 15 min read
Guilty and Insane
Dissociative Identity Disorder and the riddle of human responsibility.
Daniel Kriegman
· 20 min read
Lost Soul Behind Bars
The untold story of Upheaval, a prison band that recorded one of the most sought-after soul singles of the 1970s.
Max Wilson
· 21 min read
“I Believe in America”
Fifty Years of ‘The Godfather‘
Graham Daseler
· 14 min read
Honorable Men
Falcone, Borsellino, and the legacy of Italy’s long and bitter war on organized crime.
Maura Cremin
· 21 min read