Introducing ‘The Nations of Canada’
The project that (finally) got me hooked on Canadian history.
Jonathan Kay
· 8 min read
Education
A collection of 394 posts
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
Aristotle (and the Stoics): An Interview with John Sellars
A new book by John Sellars explores the life’s work and extraordinary legacy of the man he has provocatively called “the single most important human being ever to have lived.”
Riley Moore
· 20 min read
The Approaching Disintegration of Academia
Universities cannot withstand the assault on objective truth.
Mark Goldblatt
· 7 min read
Colonialism and Its Discontents
Oxford ethicist Nigel Biggar’s controversial reassessment of Britain’s imperial record has reignited an important academic quarrel over the meaning and legacy of empire.
John Lloyd
· 16 min read
What Progressive Educators Get Wrong About Creativity
Originality requires both knowledge and technical mastery.
Daniel Buck
· 11 min read
The Educational Ship Comes to a Shuddering Halt
School closings put strain on families and students alike.
Jenny Griebenow
· 11 min read
Critical Thinking, Reverential Thinking, and Lashing Out
Before we challenge conventions, we must understand and master them.
Alexander Zubatov
· 8 min read
And Yet it May (Or May Not) Move
If we allow ideological campaigns to discourage controversial research, we will be making a terrible mistake.
Bryan J. Pesta
· 21 min read