At Dalhousie University, Ideology Comes First, Science Comes Second
We are entering a strange and unsettling period in the life of universities, and in the sciences, in particular.
Jonathan Kay
· 6 min read
Human Rights
A collection of 93 posts
The Crimes of the Red Emperor
Aaron Sarin
· 12 min read
Bloody Harvest—How Everyone Ignored the Crime of the Century
Aaron Sarin
· 12 min read
The Free-Speech Problem on Australian Campuses Is More CCP than SJW
After years of austerity measures implemented by conservative governments, Australia’s publicly-funded higher-education sector is barely solvent.
Drew Pavlou
· 6 min read
Denial and Defamation—The ITN-LM Libel Trial Revisited, Part II: The Trial
The more someone invests in a lie, the more painful it becomes to renounce.
Jamie Palmer
· 35 min read
Denial and Defamation—The ITN-LM Libel Trial Revisited, Part One: The Camps
The story of the ITN trip to Bosnia—and the bitter quarrel about its reporting that followed—is a cautionary tale about the destructive and deranging effects of ideological hubris.
Jamie Palmer
· 33 min read
Frederick Douglass, The Columbian Orator, and the 1619 Project
This vision of universal human rights based on our common humanity was the common ground shared by these two antislavery giants in American history, and it is the common ground now renounced by the 1619 Project.
Joseph R. Fornieri
· 9 min read
Polyamory Is Growing—And We Need To Get Serious About It
More people than ever are pursuing polyamorous, open, or swinging relationships.
Geoffrey Miller
· 13 min read
The New York Post Whitewashes the Plight of Egypt's Copts
The least we should expect from Western Christians is that they refuse to become accomplices in our persecution.
Samuel Tadros
· 9 min read
Male-Bodied Rapists Are Being Imprisoned With Women. Why Do so Few People Care?
It appears that common sense is forgotten once the words “gender identity” are invoked.
April Halley
· 15 min read
How the Trans-Rights Movement Is Turning Philosophers Into Activists
Can we not treat trans people as the sex they identify with for almost all purposes, and still make some distinctions when it comes to female-only spaces, services and provisions?
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 17 min read
Yaniv’s Other Racket: How a Single Gender Troll Managed to Get 'Hundreds' of Women Thrown Off Twitter
The larger discussion of how trans rights and women’s rights will be reconciled in coming years lies beyond the scope of this article.
Lindsay Shepherd, Jonathan Kay
· 9 min read
The Rise of ‘Drag Kids’—and the Death of Gay Culture
There was—and will always be—promiscuity, homosexuality, prostitution, fetish culture and adultery—because sex is human.
Sky Gilbert
· 13 min read
Is Liberal Immigration Anti-Democratic?—A Reply to Gadi Taub
Immigration restrictions, like tariffs and other restrictions on trade, affect the activities of citizens above all.
Sam Kiss
· 12 min read
Human Dignity and Human Rights
But it does mean that arbitrary factors, such as whether one is born into a wealthy family or happens to be part of some historically elevated demographic, should not determine where people end up
Matt McManus
· 8 min read