The University as a Total Institution
To all who value academic freedom, tolerance, and human dignity, weaponized diversity should be as abhorrent as the Total University it supports.
John Paul Wright
· 14 min read
Free Speech
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Claire Lehmann
· 2 min read
Pronoun Wars: Gender Theorists Go Head-To-Head With Jordan Peterson
Cossman consistently minimised the scope and power of C-16, using qualifying words and phrases like only, most extreme and high threshold.
Irene Ogrizek
· 5 min read
When Accusations Abound Who Will Protect the Falsely Maligned?
Allowing one group to use freighted words like homophobe or racist or rapist to tarnish an individual’s reputation without proof violates a principle of fairness that some of us hold dear.
Irene Ogrizek
· 9 min read
Stand Up for Heresy
Identity politics is imprisoning artists within silos of their own immediate experience and impoverishing the creative imagination.
Jamie Palmer
· 13 min read
How Low Can the Regressive Left Sink?
Put all of the above factors together and we get a regressive left wing option that is simply untenable for voters with a modicum of civility and a grasp of logic.
Sam White
· 6 min read
Time to Draw the Line in the Sand on Trigger Warnings
The first thing to note in this context is that PTSD is extremely rare, even among trauma victims.
Mark Fabian
· 5 min read
The Clickbait Candidate
Trump presidency is the fact that those opposing his candidacy seem to have almost no understanding of the media dynamics that have enabled it to rise and thrive.
James Williams
· 12 min read
A Defence of Lionel Shriver: Identity Politicians Would Kill Literature If They Could
Shriver took aim at the devotees of identity politics, who occupy and conquer today’s university campuses.
Timothy Cootes
· 5 min read
Five Stars or Nothing
Ratings and written consumer reviews are important. In markets, they alleviate information asymmetry.
Harry Lehmann
· 6 min read
Why Universities Should Get Rid of PowerPoint and Why They Won't
Overreliance on slides has contributed to the absurd belief that expecting and requiring students to read books, attend classes, take notes and do homework is unreasonable.
Paul Ralph
· 4 min read
The Real Problem with Renaming Buildings on Campus: Logistics
Let’s face it: there is no logical, consistent way to approach renaming of buildings — especially when the protestors, themselves, are opposed to logical discourse.
Eva Glasrud
· 4 min read
Liberalism’s Great Challenge: How Can We Critique Ideas While Protecting People?
The words are usually associated with Eastern or New Age spirituality, and they sound as bizarre on the tongue of a science-minded atheist as an Arab Bible-believer.
Valerie Tarico
· 9 min read
The Regressive Left and Its Word Games
When government officials and legislators omit any mention of Islamism as an antecedent to violence, they are inoculating dangerous ideas from the searing eye of rational criticism.
Gregory Gorelik
· 5 min read
In Praise of Ambivalence — “Young” Feminism, Gender Identity and Free Speech
It’s about the role of ambivalence in contemporary politics, focusing on an emerging strand of feminist politics.
Brian D Earp
· 35 min read