History Matters
A restoration of history, in all its complexity, is critical to escaping the polarized, rigid, and often insane political environment we now inhabit.
Joel Kotkin
· 16 min read
Education
A collection of 401 posts
The Peculiar Silence in the Students for Fair Admissions Decision
Are racial preferences in university admissions really dead?
Ethan Blevins
· 7 min read
Are We Teaching That Slavery Is Beneficial?
That slaves were able to develop beneficial skills while in bondage is a tribute to the human ability to wrest value and create meaning even under conditions of almost unfathomable duress.
James B. LaGrand
· 4 min read
RIP, Richard Bilkszto, a Toronto Educator Who Stood up to Woke Bullying—and Paid the Price
Two years after being falsely smeared as a white supremacist by a diversity trainer, a longtime school principal committed suicide
Jonathan Kay
· 10 min read
After College
The coming cultural collapse of American higher education.
Peter Wood
· 12 min read
What Is Elizabeth Hoover Apologizing For?
So long as Hoover’s scholarship has met the standards expected of her, it is not clear that she’s done anything wrong.
Ilana Redstone
· 6 min read
Fear and Self-Censorship in Higher Education
Unless we can conquer our anxiety and restructure the way we interact, dreams of social unification will remain dead on arrival.
Ash Kahn
· 11 min read
Introducing ‘The Nations of Canada’
The project that (finally) got me hooked on Canadian history.
Jonathan Kay
· 8 min read
Beijing’s Campus Offensive
Chinese-supported student groups in the West are being used to control discussion about China, censor critics, and lead protests against invited speakers
Joshua Kurlantzick
· 5 min read
The Stanford Rape Hoax
Jennifer Gries used claims of rape to punish a co-worker. Activists at Stanford used her lies for their own purposes.
Lona Manning
· 21 min read
Dismantle DEI Ideology
The disgraceful scenes at Stanford are a flawless embodiment of how diversity doctrine distorts academic life and constrains decision-making.
Heather Mac Donald
· 16 min read
Professional Sedation
Tenure is allowing humanities scholars to write and teach our profession into well-earned irrelevance.
Robert Zaretsky
· 6 min read
Peer Review as Shadow Cancelling
If you think academics can avoid abuses by keeping out of politics, think again.
Bruce Oliver Newsome
· 10 min read
Exactly the Education I Needed
In praise of combative and cantankerous instruction.
Stephen Akey
· 11 min read
Amy Wax and Academic Freedom
The investigation into the polarizing law professor violates the most basic tenets of academic freedom.
Steven Grant
· 14 min read