In Social Research Fields, Conservatives Are the Most Underrepresented Group The lack of ideological diversity seems to be vastly more pronounced in social research fields than underrepresentation in terms of gender, sexuality, and race. Musa al-Gharbi 5 Apr 2018 · 4 min read
The Privilege Paradox Even this cursory glance reveals two important facts about the usage of the word ‘privilege’ today. Samuel Biagetti 27 Mar 2018 · 10 min read
The Psychology of Progressive Hostility This sort of my-way-or-the-highway mentality is now spreading well beyond the urban university and into even remote communities. Matthew Blackwell 10 Mar 2018 · 11 min read
Incomprehension 501: Intro to Graduate School My last book purge found me deciding the fate of Slavoj Žižek’s Tarrying With The Negative, a book I read in a class on Shakespeare and political theory. S. A. Dance 6 Mar 2018 · 9 min read
The Academic Mob and Its Fatal Toll “Academic Mobbing, Or How To Become Campus Tormentors,” Eve Seguin wrote, “Mobbing is social murder and, by definition, people cannot survive their own murder.” Brad Cran 2 Mar 2018 · 12 min read
Damore, Diversity, and Disruption at PSU Organizing a student event to discuss any topic — including diversity — should not be a safety hazard. Andy Ngo 25 Feb 2018 · 6 min read
The Evergreen Meltdown Evergreen’s prognosis is guarded at best, but it might explain what ails higher education in general. Mike Paros 22 Feb 2018 · 6 min read
Thinking Critically About Social Justice By identifying the distorting effects power had on society’s beliefs and values, they believed they could achieve a more accurate picture of the world. Uri Harris 17 Feb 2018 · 12 min read
Is There Any Evidence that Trigger Warnings Work? A distinction ought to be made between best practices for trigger warnings and trigger warnings as best practice. Harry Chu 16 Feb 2018 · 7 min read
The Cultural Diversity Case for Free Speech Speech codes often claim to protect ‘cultural diversity’ on campuses, but they often do the reverse. Geoffrey Miller 16 Feb 2018 · 15 min read
In Defense of Offense The uncomfortable physiological feeling of hearing offensive speech, it would then seem, vindicates this view that one is being attacked. Michael Robillard 5 Feb 2018 · 15 min read
A Deep Dive into Jordan Peterson’s Channel 4 Interview So what are Peterson’s views, and why did Newman consider them so controversial? Uri Harris 2 Feb 2018 · 10 min read
Academics Accuse Howard Dean of Repeating Falsehoods About Halloween Costume Scandal Howard Dean of dishonesty for his remarks at a free speech panel held at an Ohio college last year, is finding support among other prominent academics. Andy Ngo 30 Jan 2018 · 5 min read
Jordan B Peterson, Critical Theory, and the New Bourgeoisie Where did the social justice advocates, and their associated attitude, come from? Uri Harris 17 Jan 2018 · 10 min read
Freedom of Expression and the Flight from Reason What are the intellectual tendencies behind this new intolerance, and how do they creep into popular discourse? Piers Benn 13 Jan 2018 · 11 min read
