False Hopes and Invisible Enemies
As explicit discrimination decreased, social scientists began proposing alternatives to explain remaining gaps.
Jonathan Anomaly
· 6 min read
Human Rights
A collection of 103 posts
Femen's Inna Shevchenko — Fear of Causing Offence Has Cost Many Innocent Lives
Femen founder Inna Shevchenko argues that the Western taboo on criticising religion — especially Islam — has directly enabled atrocities that frank discussion might have prevented.
Jeffrey Tayler
· 12 min read
Making a Stand for Cultural Universalism
Quebec is very much part of that great cultural mash-up we call Western culture.
Jonathan Kay
· 11 min read
Islamic Feminism's Depressing Future
Muslim women are fighting stridently within their communities, but their fight doesn’t tread the same path as secular Western feminism.
Chetna Prakash
· 8 min read
Ratko Mladić's Conviction — Evidence and Mass Graves Still Matter
Convicting Mladić, who stood accused for his involvement in implementing and orchestrating the forcible transfer and eventual elimination of the Bosnian Muslim population.
Melanie Klinkner
· 4 min read
The Oppression Flag — The Quarterback Whose Aim Was Untrue
But is it “oppression”? There has been a tendency in recent years to water down definitions of certain words and then to misapply them.
Susan Lehman
· 9 min read
China's Zero Tolerance for Academic Freedom
China quickly found itself facing dissatisfaction from those steamrollered by a policy of growth at all costs, in spite of the country’s economic and diplomatic successes.
Emilie Tran
· 5 min read
Sarah Haider — Normalising Dissent: A Conversation
The effects of that particular stance – it’s not so visible how harmful it can be. But you’re lying about the reality of hundreds of millions of people across the world.
Spencer Case
· 15 min read
The Problem with the Neurodiversity Movement
This requires people to set aside their prejudices and preconceived ideas and engage into a dialogue with those with whom they may disagree or even hate.
Thomas Clements
· 7 min read
From Ancient Times to the Present — Transferring Guilt Makes a Mockery of Justice
Transferring guilt across generations from ancient ancestors to their heirs was highly convenient for religious authorities.
T.M. Murray
· 12 min read
The Kurds Need a Street — The Classical Liberal Case for Kurdistan
Western leaders and policymakers who bemoan the referendum can, if they choose, flatter themselves as “realists.”
Jonah Cohen
· 6 min read
Female Genital Mutilation, Health Benefits, and the Problem of Medicalising Morality
The mantra implies that if FGM did have health benefits, it wouldn’t be so bad after all.
Brian D Earp
· 24 min read
Liberalism in Peril
By using opposition to the illiberalism of Trump as a platform for their own illiberal politics, progressives risk dragging the Democratic Party into a populist cul-de-sac of its own.
Jamie Palmer
· 11 min read
A Conservative Defence of Refugee Rights
We should be promoting a response that saves lives, defends human freedom, acknowledges our responsibilities, and honours our liberal history.
Charlie Peters
· 6 min read
No, the Syrian Civil War Is Not like Jews Fleeing Nazi Persecution
If one genuinely cares about the civilians who are suffering, they would want to stop the war at any cost, rather than fan the flames further.
Sumantra Maitra
· 6 min read