On the Benefits of Philosophical Instruction "Justification for such claims. Getting higher test scores after studying philosophy does not show that higher scores are the result of studying philosophy." Preston Stovall 11 Jan 2018 · 8 min read
Defending Humanities Scholarship from its Defenders It is an answer looking for a question, the opposite of an open and free search for true knowledge about human beings in the world through time. Matthew Neufeld 10 Jan 2018 · 4 min read
Why No One Cares About Feminist Theory At this point, we must really pause to ask ourselves how feminist theory is leaking into popular culture, and the reason is that it’s activism-driven scholarship. James Lindsay 2 Jan 2018 · 10 min read
It's Time to Marginalize the University and Revive the Café Why would people take academics’ more ridiculous pronouncements so seriously, or seriously at all in the case of communication studies departments? David Adler 21 Dec 2017 · 7 min read
Reason and Reality in an Era of Conspiracy There’s nothing particularly surprising or even interesting about such failures of memory. Our memories are deeply fallible and highly suggestible. Stephen T. Asma 19 Dec 2017 · 12 min read
How Activists Took Control of a University: The Case Study of Evergreen State Understanding these mechanisms can hopefully produce a broader sense of how ideologically motivated people are able to acquire and wield so much power. Uri Harris 18 Dec 2017 · 8 min read
Words Lose Their Meaning at Wilfrid Laurier University Though different literary forms, the key message of both works was the same: beware any person or group that redefines words. David Millard Haskell 13 Dec 2017 · 12 min read
"Problematic and In Poor Taste" What effect does the conceptualization of the document have upon editorial practice? Quillette 11 Dec 2017 · 9 min read
"White Women Tears"—Critical Theory on Lindsay Shepherd Critical Theory was on the oppressive nature of mass consumerism which is closely linked to capitalism but it gradually expanded to cover almost every area of human relations. Uri Harris 9 Dec 2017 · 12 min read
When Racism is Disguised as Anti-Racism The lack of any ideological counterpoise has created a vacuum where ideas have no mechanism or incentive for moderation. Andy Ngo 5 Dec 2017 · 4 min read
Resisting the Postmodern Ascendancy: An Interview with Ernest Suarez The ALSCW started because of the ascendancy of postmodernist theory, but not because of the politics associated with postmodern theory. Brian Russell Graham 3 Dec 2017 · 11 min read
In Defence of Jordan B. Peterson Peterson is celebrated in the news media as a champion of free speech and liberal, democratic values, while in fact promoting a far-right worldview. Uri Harris 1 Dec 2017 · 15 min read
The Politics of Science: Why Scientists Might Not Say What the Evidence Supports The case for deferring to scientific consensus on politically contentious topics is much weaker. This is true because what scientists publicly say may differ from what they privately believe. Jonathan Anomaly 29 Nov 2017 · 6 min read
Campus Counsellors and the Politicization of Sexual Assault What I mean by that is the narrative extolled by university trained feminists that implies assault victims are victims for life and have been irreparably damaged. Irene Ogrizek 26 Nov 2017 · 9 min read
Stigmatizing Legitimate Dissent: A Response to J. Oliver Conroy Threatening speech when it actually did not do so delegitimizes speech that epitomizes exactly the type of speech that is supposed to be protected. Lee Jussim and Akeela Careem 24 Nov 2017 · 15 min read
