Law

Samantha Geimer and Emmanuelle Seigner in Conversation

The two women most directly affected by the 1977 Polanski scandal discuss guilt, shame, feminism, #MeToo, the media, and the search for truth and understanding.

Peggy Sastre

6 May 2023 · 29 min read

The Fragility of the Caste-Oppression Hypothesis

Empty claims of caste discrimination in the West have damaging legal, reputational, and social consequences.

Prakash Shah

29 Apr 2023 · 8 min read

Remembering Rumpole

John Mortimer’s fictional barrister was—like his creator—a rogue redeemed by a fierce commitment to the presumption of innocence.

Kevin Mims

1 Apr 2023 · 18 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

26 Mar 2023 · 15 min read

Justice in Stockholm

Thirty-four years after the massacre of political prisoners in Iran, the conviction of Hamid Noury in Sweden has been a victory for accountability and for the truth.

Roya Hakakian

7 Feb 2023 · 19 min read

Ending Discrimination by Twitter

Gender critical feminists are among those who have been excluded from Twitter for years. The time is right for a correction.

Holly Lawford-Smith

28 Nov 2022 · 8 min read

Critical Race Theory Wasn’t Always Like This

The version of CRT that I studied in the 1990s offered a useful critique of American institutions—rather than a moral condemnation of American souls.

Jonathan Kay

20 Jun 2022 · 5 min read

Why Not Polygamy?

Polygamy is a criminal offense throughout the Western world. Would making it legal be progress?

Cheryl Mendelson

28 May 2022 · 18 min read

The Acquittal of the Colston Four

On December 14th, 2021, the UK’s Justice Minister, Dominic Raab, wrote an article [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dominic-raab-new-bill-of-rights-will-deliver-a-healthy-dose-of-common-sense-vxj50bks6] for the Times, in which he announced plans to reform the Human Rights Act, which incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law. It would be replaced,