Inescapable Disparities
Thomas Sowell’s new book reminds us that the world has never been a level playing field and we will not be able to engineer one.
Hannah Gal
· 12 min read
Politics
A collection of 529 posts
Libertarian Limitations
Andrew Koppelman’s analysis of libertarianism is rich in detail and full of thought-provoking ideas.
Marco den Ouden
· 16 min read
Whistling in the Dark
Apprehensions of dog whistles and code words in political discourse are a desperate rearguard strategy to maintain a moral high ground.
George Case
· 7 min read
When Havel Met Biden
Far from being a project of US imperialism, NATO expansion has been a process driven by small and vulnerable countries.
Oscar Clarke
· 7 min read
The Chinese Exodus
Fears of a CCP sponsored invasion at the Mexican border are misplaced. People are fleeing China because its economy is in dire straits.
Aaron Sarin
· 11 min read
On Political Hatred
On everything from Syrian refugees through Brexit and climate change to so-called gender-affirmative medicine, people take a totalizing approach to disagreement: either you agree with me, or you are despicable.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 7 min read
Will Britain Get a New Right Party?
If the Conservative Party slumps to defeat in next year’s election, Britain could see the rise of a populist alternative.
John Lloyd
· 9 min read
‘A Dream Deferred’ Revisited
Shelby Steele’s masterful second book invites black America to reject redemptive liberalism and the helplessness it demands for a humanistic politics of advancement.
Samuel Kronen
· 17 min read
The Lab-Leak Illusion
The laboratory accident hypothesis of COVID-19’s origins is a bust, but the popular consensus is unwilling to accept it.
Jamie Palmer
· 53 min read
A Voice from the Heart
Legal equality and the politics of disappointment.
Andrew Gleeson
· 14 min read
Ditching Diversity Myths
In the workplace, deep-level similarity is more important than surface-level diversity.
Ryan Ruffaner
· 10 min read
Woke Capitalism Gets a Black Eye
The dictatorial possibility tucked inside the commitment to “inclusivity” has rebounded, satisfyingly, on the perpetrators.
John Lloyd
· 7 min read
Neuroaffirmation—A Therapist’s Concerns
I worry about the unintended consequences of the neurodiversity movement, particularly when their demands are promulgated religiously and without nuance.
Rita Range
· 10 min read
One-Dimensional Woman Enters the Manosphere
Nina Power’s new book is fraught with contradictions and ideological incoherence.
Arturo Desimone
· 7 min read
New Atheism and the Demand for Dogma
The notion that we abandoned our old faiths and replaced them with new ones is too tidy and simplistic.
Matt Johnson
· 10 min read