Sociologyâs Stagnation Part II: Genetic Confounding Some economists predict that increasing government spending now, say on infrastructure projects, will âstimulateâ the economy by putting money in workersâ pockets. Jonathan Anomaly / Brian Boutwell 3 Aug 2017 · 5 min read
Evergreen State and the Battle for Modernity Part 2: True Believers, Fence Sitters, and Group Conformity Evergreen State fiasco drew national attention, and since then it appears that the college has only chosen to double down on the insanity. Michael Aaron 20 Jul 2017 · 9 min read
The Neurodiversity Case for Free Speech Newton wouldnât last long as a âpublic intellectualâ in modern American culture. Geoffrey Miller 18 Jul 2017 · 20 min read
Are the Social Sciences Undergoing a Purity Spiral? Haidt and others formed the Heterodox Academy, which is dedicated to arguing for a more intellectually diverse academy and now has almost 900 members. Uri Harris 6 Jul 2017 · 15 min read
Study Philosophy to Improve ThinkingâA Case of False Advertising? âThat the discipline of philosophy trains students in highly transferable skills is evidenced by the fact that philosophy majors perform exceptionally well on the LSAT, GMAT, and GRE.â Neven Sesardic 1 Jul 2017 · 13 min read
Evergreen State and the Battle for Modernity Most modernists could be classified as centrists (either left or right-leaning), classical liberals and libertarians. Michael Aaron 8 Jun 2017 · 8 min read
Bald Men Fighting Over a Comb: Arguments About the Classical Tradition Most of the praise comes only from Classics teachers, or others easily impressed by a thin veneer of learning. Sandra Kotta 29 May 2017 · 19 min read
Bald Men Fighting Over a Comb: Arguments About the Classical Tradition The Culture Wars and Beyond is an exemplary study: thorough, balanced, judicious, elegantly written, and all the better for its notably even tone and scrupulous sense of fairness. Sandra Kotta 17 May 2017 · 20 min read
A Line in the Sand for Academic Philosophy Tuvel was criticized for not citing enough black or transgender scholars. Such a complaint could be leveled at virtually any philosophy paper. Oliver Traldi 9 May 2017 · 10 min read
The Crucible of the Application Process These alterations would ostensibly bolster my chances of being accepted to and receiving funds for graduate programs. Dillon Bowen 20 Apr 2017 · 14 min read
Companies Shed Degree Requirements to Promote Merit Over Qualifications When companies demand more and more degrees for very basic jobs, they cut off access for unskilled workers to break into the job market. Joshua Krook 19 Apr 2017 · 4 min read
The De-Professionalization of the Academy Just to be clear, most of my faculty colleagues are well-educated, bright, and dedicated teachers. Some are also worthy scholars or creative authors. Alex Southwell 13 Apr 2017 · 10 min read
Conservatives Aren't the Only Voices Silenced by Academia's Intellectual Orthodoxy The problem isnât simply one of political imbalance, an absence of parity between Left and Right voices, but the extent to which humanities departments have become politicized. James Walker 4 Apr 2017 · 5 min read
A Raft of Books âLetâs not have any political correctness here. If characters canât think and talk like peopleâif writers canâtâthen whatâs the point of literature?â Ryan Blacketter 4 Apr 2017 · 11 min read
Why British Academics are Guilty of Groupthink But anti-Brexit academics no longer appear able to differentiate between their own personal investment in the EU and the progressive social values they also claim to uphold. Paul A Taylor 10 Mar 2017 · 4 min read
