Polyamory Is Growing—And We Need To Get Serious About It
More people than ever are pursuing polyamorous, open, or swinging relationships.
Geoffrey Miller
· 13 min read
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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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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.”
Charlotte Allen
· 13 min read
The New York Post Whitewashes the Plight of Egypt's Copts
The least we should expect from Western Christians is that they refuse to become accomplices in our persecution.
Samuel Tadros
· 9 min read
Rich Like Me: How Assortative Mating Is Driving Income Inequality
The top decile of young male earners have been much less likely to marry young women who are in the bottom decile of female earners.
Branko Milanovic
· 9 min read
Ramallah For Beginners
Many of the most renowned symbols that unify Palestinians are connected to political revolutionaries.
Michael Humeniuk
· 9 min read
Against Research Ethics Committees
The guidelines ethics committees follow present themselves as universal rules derived from reason.
Paul Oslington
· 13 min read
I Asked Thousands of Biologists When Life Begins. The Answer Wasn't Popular
The U.S. abortion debate has raged for generations, and remains divisive to this day.
Steve Jacobs
· 8 min read