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Frederick Douglass, The Columbian Orator, and the 1619 Project

This vision of universal human rights based on our common humanity was the common ground shared by these two antislavery giants in American history, and it is the common ground now renounced by the 1619 Project.

Joseph R. Fornieri

30 Oct 2019 · 9 min read

The Simple Secret of Trump's Supreme Political Confidence: Old-Fashioned Fan Mail

The CPAC crowd loved Trump’s message—not his theatrics or his celebrity, but his message—and the fervent reaction to him far out-stripped that of every other speaker, including the many White House hopefuls who sought the GOP nomination in 2012.

Mark Halperin

29 Oct 2019 · 7 min read

Polyamory Is Growing—And We Need To Get Serious About It

More people than ever are pursuing polyamorous, open, or swinging relationships.

Geoffrey Miller

29 Oct 2019 · 13 min read

In Praise of Sylvia Plath's Forgotten (Sorority) Sister

A tragic early death can do wonders for a writer’s reputation. On October 27, Google dedicated its search page to the late Sylvia Plath, who would have turned 87 that day, had she not taken her own life, at the age of 30, back in 1963. It seems unlikely

Kevin Mims

28 Oct 2019 · 8 min read

The Return of the 'Witch Hunt' Analogy

The best way to prevent such perennial misuse of the “witch hunt” label would be for Americans to stop themselves before they allow their moral fervor to get out of control and run roughshod over the legal rights of others—in other words, to refrain from witch hunting in the first place.

Tony Fels

27 Oct 2019 · 9 min read

Tyranny's Mouthpiece

In other words, Syrian government propaganda is almost perfectly aligned with the arguments Blumenthal and Khalek have been making for years.

Matt Johnson

26 Oct 2019 · 9 min read

It's Time for 'LGB' and 'T' to Go Their Separate Ways

Gay rights activists simply want society to accept their different ways of living and loving—since gay men and lesbians pursue romantic interests and build families in ways that are at odds with conventional heterosexual expectations.

Brad Polumbo

26 Oct 2019 · 10 min read

Mediocrity for All!

The better approach would be to invest meaningfully in the lousy schools that leave minority children so ill-prepared to compete.

Steve Salerno

25 Oct 2019 · 10 min read

What Comes After Capitalism?

Milanovic suggests that these two developmental histories—gradual and revolutionary—give rise to the two distinctive models of capitalism in the world today: “Liberal meritocratic capitalism” in the West, and one-party “political capitalism” in countries like China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Ethiopia.

Samuel Hammond

24 Oct 2019 · 9 min read

Experiments in Nurturing Classroom Curiosity

In a classroom, curiosity should be sacred, because it motivates the pursuit of knowledge even when that includes ugly truths.

Megan Gafford

24 Oct 2019 · 7 min read

Are Canadians Becoming More Racist? This Week's Election Proved the Opposite

Even if one accepts the Star’s generous tally of right-wing protestors at the pictured event—“about 15 people”—the conceit that “hate fills Edmonton’s streets” is ludicrous.

Jonathan Kay

22 Oct 2019 · 8 min read

Higher Education's Medievalist Moral Panic

Medievalists of Color promptly issued a statement of support, describing Ramboran-Olm as “a woman of color in an organization so dominated by whiteness that it has not yet ceased referring to itself by a name that attracts and empowers white supremacists.”