Towards Shared Identities
Fighting identities is the true meaning of the culture wars.
Culture Wars
205 articles
R.M. Vaughan (1965–2020): A Beautiful Mind Silently Extinguished in a Time of Fear
We were Oscar Wilde’s great-grand-nephews, dandy aesthetes obsessed as much with the curl of our hair as with art or politics.
For Five Months, BLM Protestors Trashed America's Cities. After the Election, Things May Only Get Worse
Common themes in the emerging constellation of radical groups include apocalyptic beliefs, a “utopian” political agenda, martyr narratives, and a cell-based organizational structure.
‘Nobody Likes the Other Guy’: On the Road With Donald Trump’s Diehards
There were a lot of Hispanic people there, which seems an underreported story.
Jack Turban’s Dangerous Campaign to Smear Ethical Psychotherapy as Anti-Trans ‘Conversion Therapy’
A number of additional data irregularities in the USTS raise further questions about the quality of the data.
How The Intercept Abandoned Its Truth-Seeking Mission—And Lost Its Best Journalist
In the case of the media, we’ve had a running social experiment underway since 2015 that helps us answer this question.
From “Who Gets What?” to “Who Are We?”
The culture wars revolve around highly charged, deeply personal issues that are exceedingly difficult to compromise upon.
How Availability Cascades are Shaping our Politics
Two components make up an availability cascade: an informational cascade and a reputational cascade.
Reflections on Solzhenitsyn's Harvard Address
This imbalance between rights and responsibilities is not only restricted to individuals, it is also affecting our governmental, societal, and cultural institutions.
Slack Wars: Corporate America’s Woke Insurgency
Labor leaders no longer even pretend they can staunch the layoffs, and so their focus increasingly has turned to questions of editorial direction and ideology, over which they still believe they can exert leverage through the back door of social media.
Forget What Gender Activists Tell You. Here’s What Medical Transition Looks Like
Medical transition, such as the kind I went through, can enhance an illusion that helps some gender dysphoric individuals navigate the world with more comfort.
A Poor Farrier's Journey to Political Sanity
I'm still not immune to violent political fantasies, especially when I become angry at scenes of Left-wing protests in Portland, Seattle, and other cities.