Is Western Civilization Uniquely Bad? If we are looking for a civilization that never engaged in mass violence or destruction, weâre unlikely to find one. James Kierstead 15 Jan 2019 · 8 min read
Is Western Civilization a Thing? Appiah is wrong to pretend that distinct civilizations were never a thing. James Kierstead 11 Jan 2019 · 9 min read
The Future of Our Ancient Past Thereâs nothing wrong with teaching Western Civilization or the Western classics alongside other cultural traditions. At the same time, the way Classics used to be taught is gone for good. James Kierstead 10 Jan 2019 · 6 min read
Thoughtcrime and Punishment: A Year Of Shunning and Law Suits at a Canadian University No one at Wilfrid Laurier University would give me a straight answer about anything. It was a climate of evasiveness and secrecy. Lindsay Shepherd 8 Jan 2019 · 7 min read
The Frankfurt School and Postmodern Philosophy The claim that the work of postmodern philosophers is a continuation of Marxism by other means is quite strange, both philosophically and politically. Matt McManus 3 Jan 2019 · 9 min read
Refighting the Usage Wars It all starts with the âUsage Wars,â a somewhat arcane but fiercely political battle over the English language thatâs been raging for decades. Michael O'Keefe 26 Dec 2018 · 7 min read
American Universities' China Problem When the institutions we entrust to pursue the truth start avoiding the truthâparticularly academic research that few of us can do on our ownâwe all suffer. Robert Precht 23 Dec 2018 · 4 min read
Denial and the Free Speech Crisis In fact, freedom of speech has been repeatedly repressed at the University of Guelph, and this has been going on for at least a decade. Rose Clark 17 Dec 2018 · 11 min read
What Happened When We Tried to Debate Immigration Unless we find a way of side-stepping the extremes and debating these issues in an evidence-led, analytical way then the moderate. Matthew Goodwin / Eric Kaufmann 8 Dec 2018 · 17 min read
Academics' Mobbing of a Young Scholar Must be Denounced Which of these, or any of Dr Carlâs other papers, contain âvital errors in data-analysisâ? Weâre not told. Quillette 7 Dec 2018 · 8 min read
The New Evolution Deniers The massive social media website Twitterâthe central hub for cultural discourse and debateâis now actively banning users for stating true facts about basic human biology. Colin Wright 30 Nov 2018 · 10 min read
Academia's Case of Stockholm Syndrome When done right, peer review is a rigorous process that fosters honest critique, lively discussion, and continual refinement of ideas for the mutual benefit of researchers and society. Harry Crane and Ryan Martin 29 Nov 2018 · 6 min read
Thirty Years After 'The Closing of the American Mind' Relativism, Bloom claimed, âis not a theoretical insight but a moral postulate, the condition of a free society, or so they see it. Jonathan Church 28 Nov 2018 · 5 min read
The Problem with 'The Journal of Controversial Ideas' The lack of viewpoint diversity among college and university faculty gives further reason for scholars to be concerned about pursuing and attempting to publish âcontroversialâ ideas. Clay Routledge / Bradley Campbell 27 Nov 2018 · 5 min read
The Case for Dropping Out of College What do students get for that price? I asked myself this question on a class by class basis, and have found an enormous mismatch between price and product in almost all cases. Samuel Knoche 23 Nov 2018 · 15 min read
