What Happened to Gawker? An Interview with Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday’s book 'Conspiracy' tells the story of Peter Thiel’s decade-long campaign against Gawker Media.
Stephen Elliott
· 16 min read
culture
A collection of 24 posts
Progress and Polytheism: Could an Ethical West Exist Without Christianity?
Christianity’s moral vision was not as revolutionary as a casual student of history might suppose. Nor did it equip Western society with a unique set of virtues that were unknown to the ancient world.
Ben Bassett
· 9 min read
Rejecting Progress in the Name of 'Cultural Appropriation'
Historically, it has been the European openness not only to foreign goods, but also foreign ideas – those which work, those which enhance our physical and mental wellbeing – that has signalled the forward march of modernity.
Neema Parvini
· 7 min read
Hashtags and Terror Narratives in Toronto
Any place can seem ‘no go’ to those who’ve never gone.
Jonathan Kay
· 11 min read
In Defence of the Immigrant—A Response to Lauren Southern
She tells us that the only way to preserve Western values is if we limit or exclude immigration from countries which aren’t White.
Satyajeet Marar
· 7 min read
Romanticizing the Hunter-Gatherer
It is important to note that this does not take into account the difficulty or danger involved in the types of tasks undertaken by hunter-gatherers.
William Buckner
· 14 min read
What Ancient Cultures Teach us About Grief, Mourning and Continuity of Life
The mourning traditions of earlier cultures prescribed precise patterns of behavior that facilitated the public expression of grief and provided support for the bereaved.
Daniel Wojcik and Robert Dobler
· 5 min read
Populism and Nostalgia's False Promise
Fear of individual and cultural extinction is both a cause and a product of the nostalgia so widespread in both Europe and America today.
Henry George
· 10 min read
The Paradox of Female Happiness
The decline in female subjective wellbeing was found to cut across both class and race and held true for women of all ages, with children and without.
Claire Lehmann
· 4 min read