The Boy Who Inflated the Concept of 'Wolf' Concept inflation is a lot like lying. Immanuel Kant observed that lying couldn’t be effective in a world where everybody lied, since no one would be believed. Spencer Case 14 Feb 2019 · 10 min read
We Need Guidelines for Working with Men, but Not the APA Guidelines This outcome highlights an alarming gender difference in outcome that should galvanise psychologists to take gender-sensitivity very seriously indeed. John Barry 13 Feb 2019 · 4 min read
The Origins of Colourism As revealed in the documentary, this view takes an emotional toll on dark women, who are discriminated against in all sorts of ways. Matthew Blackwell 13 Feb 2019 · 13 min read
It Isn’t Your Imagination: Twitter Treats Conservatives More Harshly Than Liberals Harassment and the advocacy of violence are serious issues, and there is nothing morally objectionable about social media companies. Richard Hanania 12 Feb 2019 · 7 min read
Borking Neomi Rao The scene, in other words, was all set for Kamala Harris to underline the powerlessness of women during Rao’s confirmation hearings. Heather Mac Donald 12 Feb 2019 · 7 min read
How Social Justice Ideologues Hijacked a Legal Regulator Speech is unconscionable regardless of the principles a person is made to parrot. Today, we are being told to promote “equality, diversity and inclusion. Murray Klippenstein with Bruce Pardy 11 Feb 2019 · 11 min read
The Confessions of a Male, Feminist Sex Addict Started as a bit of a dare. We egged each other on to visit Rosse Buurt (the red-light district) late at night, after the adults had gone to bed and we’d smoked. Eric Frances McKillen 11 Feb 2019 · 15 min read
The Meaning of the Self-Destructive Strike at WSU History suggests another explanation, which has been left unexamined that radicalized union leadership is part, perhaps the primary part, of the problem. Evan Osborne 9 Feb 2019 · 8 min read
The Plight of Pitch Wars In 2019, though, it turns out that yes, you’re entitled to a book deal—as long as you collect enough marginalization points. J. Avery 9 Feb 2019 · 6 min read
Punishing the Crime vs. Blacklisting the Soul In a society that distinguishes the sin from the sinner, on the other hand, recitals of past misdeeds and impure thoughts are tolerated, and even encouraged. Jonathan Kay 9 Feb 2019 · 9 min read
How Radical Transparency Cures Web Censorship and Surveillance The Legacy social networks have betrayed the trust of their users to such extent that their brands are essentially unsalvageable. Bill Ottman 8 Feb 2019 · 11 min read
Are Anti-BDS Laws an Assault on Free Speech? Pluralism has been curiously absent from the BDS debate, which is currently gridlocked over the more narrow question of state neutrality. Aaron Sibarium 8 Feb 2019 · 8 min read
There’s Nothing 'Intersectional' About Free Speech This sort of freedom leads to a freer and safer world. At Gab, we will never compromise on our commitment to protect freedom of speech for everyone. Andrew Torba 7 Feb 2019 · 4 min read
Facebook Has a Right to Block 'Hate Speech'—But Here’s Why It Shouldn’t The evolution of our content policy not only risked the core of Facebook’s mission, but jeopardized my own alignment with the company. Brian Amerige 7 Feb 2019 · 17 min read
Understanding Modern African Horrors by Way of the Indian Ocean Slave Trade The modernizing elites of these groups then fought with the British during WWI and WWII, and demanded independence after the war, which they got. Geoffrey Clarfield 6 Feb 2019 · 7 min read
