Jews Revolutionized the Universities. Will Asians Do the Same? The historical parallel between Jews and Asians is striking for a number of reasonsâincluding the fact that both cases involve an explicit rejection of the idea that academic merit alone could be a tenable basis for admission. Barbara Kay 23 Nov 2018 · 16 min read
Warning: Telling a Lame Joke in an Elevator can Endanger Your Career It is nothing short of bizarre that an organization whose members study international conflict and know the value of dialogue over coercion opted for coercion from the outset. Richard Ned Lebow 23 Nov 2018 · 14 min read
The Free Speech Crisis on Campus Is Worse than People Think The new culture of victimhood combines sensitivity to slight with appeal to authority. Bradley Campbell 14 Nov 2018 · 16 min read
Camille Paglia:Â Itâs Time for a New Map of the Gender World A society that respects neither religion nor art cannot be called a civilization. Claire Lehmann 10 Nov 2018 · 12 min read
An Israeli Agent on Campus The need for bridge-building and constructive dialogue has been overtaken by the belief that everyone in Israeli society is complicit in that nationâs uniquely deplorable sins. Ari David Blaff 9 Nov 2018 · 12 min read
Trigger Warnings and Mass Psychogenic Illness While a trigger warning in theory guards against trauma, it has the actual effect of multiplying claims of trauma by students who are primed to expect it and have a ready-made lexicon to describe both its effects and the outrages that bring it on. Stewart Justman 2 Nov 2018 · 10 min read
The Scandal at UBC Keeps Growingâbut No One Has Been Held Accountable The schoolâs decision to suspend, smear and then fire Galloway on the basis of false allegations has snowballed into one of the greatest scandals in the history of Canadian education. Jonathan Kay 17 Oct 2018 · 6 min read
An Academic Mobbing at McGill In true mobbing fashion, the extreme and racist allegations that Ibrahim was a typical Arabic misogynist and sexual predator simply do not add up. In fact the opposite is true. Barbara Kay 17 Oct 2018 · 25 min read
What Does Genetic Research Tell Us About Equal Opportunity and Meritocracy? Are genetic castes inevitable? Robert Plomin 15 Oct 2018 · 18 min read
Asian-Americans' Unrequited Love of Harvard Asian-Americans donât necessarily think of themselves as âvictimsâ of Harvardâs racist policies. Theyâre more concerned with the idea of meritâthey want their admission to be judged on their resume of accomplishments, not their race. Kenny Xu 13 Oct 2018 · 13 min read
Linda Gottfredsonâs Scientific Keynote Cancelled: Why? A profound discomfort with empirical findings emerging from intelligence research lies at the heart of the disinvitation. Rosalind Arden 12 Oct 2018 · 5 min read
Do Advocacy Groups Belong in Academia? Science seeks to explain the world, but explanation conflicts with condemnation, which is an important component of injustice and in turn advocacy. Uri Harris 11 Oct 2018 · 11 min read
The Devolution of Social Science Without the possibility of objectivity, there is no science. Has sociology become, then, just political activism? To some extent, yes. John Staddon 7 Oct 2018 · 20 min read
When "Believe the Victim" Backfires In this charged atmosphere, and with the national press looking on as well, two members of the UM football teamâone of them none other than the quarterback and team captainâwere charged with sexual intercourse without consent. Stewart Justman 6 Oct 2018 · 10 min read
The Grievance Studies Scandal: Five Academics Respond The authors have pulled off a modern Sokal hoax. The sequel is rarely as good as the original, but in this case it was more comprehensive and more fun than Sokalâs mockery of postmodernist scholarship. Quillette 1 Oct 2018 · 16 min read