Suffragists Fought for the Female Sex
The response to my posters shows that the phrase ‘female sex’ is on its way to being classified as ‘hate speech.’
Renee Gerlich
· 8 min read
History
A collection of 366 posts
The Fragility of the Liberal World Order
For Kagan, the architects of the post-war order sought to wed America’s new-found superpower to the construction of a world order that reflected the domestic values of America itself: a liberal international order.
Doug Stokes
· 9 min read
Progress and Polytheism: Could an Ethical West Exist Without Christianity?
Christianity’s moral vision was not as revolutionary as a casual student of history might suppose. Nor did it equip Western society with a unique set of virtues that were unknown to the ancient world.
Ben Bassett
· 9 min read
Rejecting Progress in the Name of 'Cultural Appropriation'
Historically, it has been the European openness not only to foreign goods, but also foreign ideas – those which work, those which enhance our physical and mental wellbeing – that has signalled the forward march of modernity.
Neema Parvini
· 7 min read
Did British Merchants Cause the Opium War?
Chen’s portrait of the Opium War places the role of British traders and their lobbying efforts in the foreground
Jeffery C. J. Chen
· 6 min read
Norms of Good Governance: Where Do They Come From?
What is it about humans that makes democratic norms stick? What are the traits that facilitate honesty and transparency in administration at the highest levels?
Adam Perkins
· 11 min read
The Furore Over a Quebec Theatre Production Has Missed the Point
Quebec briefly played host this summer to a theatrical production described by one prominent artist as “reminiscent of blackface minstrel shows.”
Dan Delmar
· 7 min read
Moral Panic, Then and Now
Boycotts, de-platforming and witch hunts do “succeed” in the narrow sense that they can ruin lives. But they don’t change anyone’s privately held opinions.
Barrett Wilson
· 8 min read
Britain's Populist Revolt
Britain has produced a Brexit debate that is utterly dry, sterile, and completely lacking in imagination.
Matthew Goodwin
· 22 min read
Who Is to Blame for Haiti's Problems?
More than anywhere else, hope exists in environmental restoration and a healthy international credit.
Arthur Cook
· 12 min read
Reclaiming Work as a Virtue
Somewhere along the way, many of the intellectual classes stopped believing in work as essential to survival.
Nyunggai Warren Mundine
· 12 min read
Inducing People’s Employers to Fire Them Should Be a Civil Wrong
While social media inflames tensions, the law aims to remove emotion and passion from disputes.
Katy Barnett
· 18 min read
Burying a Child
Societies the world over have had to adapt to high rates of infant and child mortality, developing beliefs and social traditions to mitigate the impact of seeing so many of their offspring die
William Buckner
· 10 min read
Devastation and Denial: Cambodia and the Academic Left
Amazingly, even as Cambodia disintegrated, the Khmer Rouge benefitted from unsolicited apologetics from intellectuals at the West’s august universities.
Matthew Blackwell
· 19 min read
A Progressive Defense of Thomas Jefferson
A better strategy would be for the American Left to celebrate Jefferson and his progressive legacy, just as their forebears once did.
Ned Borninski
· 12 min read