A collection of 172 posts
We were Oscar Wilde’s great-grand-nephews, dandy aesthetes obsessed as much with the curl of our hair as with art or politics.
Common themes in the emerging constellation of radical groups include apocalyptic beliefs, a “utopian” political agenda, martyr narratives, and a cell-based organizational structure.
There were a lot of Hispanic people there, which seems an underreported story.
A number of additional data irregularities in the USTS raise further questions about the quality of the data.
In the case of the media, we’ve had a running social experiment underway since 2015 that helps us answer this question.
The culture wars revolve around highly charged, deeply personal issues that are exceedingly difficult to compromise upon.
Two components make up an availability cascade: an informational cascade and a reputational cascade.
This imbalance between rights and responsibilities is not only restricted to individuals, it is also affecting our governmental, societal, and cultural institutions.
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.
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.
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.
Language does not form our view of the world and its inhabitants in any meaningful sense.
Even historians, who have many years to consider the object of their study, inhabit “the twilight of probability.” How can those journalists tasked with writing “history’s first draft” imagine that they know which way true “harm” lies?
The University of Washington, like most schools, tracks the performance of student groups as part of its effort to enhance diversity and reduce inequality.
The activists seeking to eliminate TJ’s meritocratic admissions systems attribute this latter result to systemic racism.