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"No más Hamas" at the pro-Israel rally in Los Angeles.

Towards a Post-Hamas Future

The events of 7 October did not benefit Palestinians in any way.

John Aziz

7 Oct 2024 · 8 min read

The Women of 7 October

In that moment, time stood still. There was no context, no history, no argument, no discourse. There was only pain.

Iona Italia

7 Oct 2024 · 4 min read

Old photo of explorers on a boat in Antarctica in front of an iceberg.

Stoicism: A Life-Changing Philosophy

Stoicism is a workout that builds emotional strength, a caulking of the timbers to enable us to weather the coming storms—a preparation we make precisely because the ocean voyage is so rewarding.

Iona Italia

27 Sep 2024 · 23 min read

The Totalitarian Artist: Politics vs Beauty

After Duchamp, the art world came to view the pursuit of beauty as naïve and gravitated toward political art in their search for meaning. But this is a Faustian bargain: you can have meaning, but you do not get to make it for yourself.

Megan Gafford

20 Sep 2024 · 27 min read

Tragedy and Half-Truths: A Gaza Diary

Atef Abu Saif’s ‘Don’t Look Left’ provides a vivid account of the horrors of daily life in the Gaza Strip, yet omits to mention Hamas’s role in the war.

Benny Morris

19 Sep 2024 · 15 min read

The British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, British Columbia

I Blew Up My Lucrative Public-Service Career (And So Can You)

A veteran of British Columbia’s public-sector workforce explains how DEI enforcers forced him to choose between keeping his job and honouring his values.

Nick Osmond-Jones

16 Sep 2024 · 23 min read

Answers to 12 Bad Anti-Free Speech Arguments

How to effectively counter some perennial arguments against free speech.

Greg Lukianoff

12 Sep 2024 · 14 min read

Composite image of Stokely Carmichael speaking; background is a Gaza solidarity encampment at a university

A Stupid Cartoon and the University Ideology

Frantz Fanon, Stokely Carmichael, and the roots of the uproar over Zionism.

Paul Berman

9 Sep 2024 · 41 min read

A colourful male and dull female mandarin duck. Representing sexual dimorphism.

Race Is a Spectrum. Sex Is Pretty Damn Binary

Male versus female is one of surprisingly few genuine dichotomies.

Richard Dawkins

6 Sep 2024 · 12 min read

The Case for Life on Mars

Settling Mars isn’t just about making humanity a multi-planetary species. It is about improving life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for everyone on Earth.

Stephen Fleming

3 Sep 2024 · 15 min read

A black and white image of a young Lt. Melvin J. Lasky in Germany.

Melvin Lasky: Diary of a Cold Warrior

Melvin Lasky was an indefatigable defender of the liberal spirit during the recovery of postwar Germany.

Oscar Clarke

19 Aug 2024 · 13 min read

The Professor, His Nemesis, and a Scandal at Oberlin

The story of how a liberal college promoted and defended an Iranian Islamist and betrayed its own values.

Roya Hakakian

8 Aug 2024 · 31 min read

Image of Mridul Wadhwa in a checked sari, sitting in a chair.

Gaslighting Scottish Rape Victims in the Name of ‘Trans Inclusion’

For three years, Edinburgh’s rape-crisis centre was run by a male CEO who lectured sex-assault victims and staff about their ‘prejudice’ against the male body. How was this allowed to happen?

Joan Smith

4 Aug 2024 · 17 min read

Remembering 9 Thermidor, the End of the Terror

9 Thermidor was a victory over a bloodthirsty tyranny claiming to act in the name of progressive ideals.

Cathy Young

2 Aug 2024 · 22 min read

Empathy for the Devil: The Fantasy of ‘Progressive Realism’

Realists may believe international relations is all about mindless forces balancing and smashing into each other, but it’s actually about ideology, institutions, history, and the personalities of human beings.

Matt Johnson

30 Jul 2024 · 20 min read