Divorce and the 'Silver Bullet'
False allegations may be employed by either parent, but, given the prevailing winds of culture, the gun is far more often in the hand of a woman.
James C. Coren
· 13 min read
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The End of Aspiration
The drive against bourgeois aspirations underpins an emerging neo-feudal system in which people remain renters for life.
Joel Kotkin
· 8 min read
In the Culture Wars, Be a Sancho Panza, Not a Don Quixote
Racists themselves succumb to a version of Don Quitoxe’s delusions when life becomes overwhelming or tumultuous.
Terry Newman
· 10 min read
Prescriptive Racialism and Racial Exclusion
Today, it has become central to the worldview of many on the social justice Left.
Mohamed Ali
· 5 min read
On the Eve of the Great Psychedelic Debate
The mint plant salvia divinorum exhibits powerful and unusual psychedelic effects and remains legal.
Matthew Blackwell
· 21 min read
Denying the Neuroscience of Sex Differences
No one seems to have a problem accepting that, on average, male and female bodies differ in many, many ways. Why is it surprising or unacceptable that this is true for the part of our body that we call “brain”?
Larry Cahill
· 11 min read
What's the State of Free Speech on Campus? That’s the Question We Asked Canadian Academics
The threat is embedded in innocuous seeming administrative protocols, which serve to obscure and diffuse the means of authority
Brayden Whitlock and Kyle Whitlock
· 10 min read
Why Elites Dislike Standardized Testing
It is absolutely true that the SAT is the reason this scandal occurred.
Daniel Friedman
· 9 min read
Moral Zealotry and the Seductive Nature of Evil
It would be nice if evil always announced itself and evil people always looked malevolent. Evil, alas, sometimes wears a nicer face. Otherwise it could be fearsome, but not seductive.
Spencer Case
· 8 min read
Progressivism and the West
The West is not perfect, but it has created prosperity and freedom for millions of people
Bo Winegard
· 14 min read
The Problem with the Effective Altruism Campaign
This critique by no means denounces meliorism, the belief that the world can be made better by human effort.
Christian O'Connor
· 4 min read
Why Renewables Can’t Save the Planet
Dealing with energy sources that are inherently unreliable, and require large amounts of land, comes at a high economic cost.
Michael Shellenberger
· 10 min read
Confronting a New Threat to Female Athletics
The movement for trans inclusion now begins in youth sports, where many leagues have no restrictions beyond self-identification.
Julian Vigo
· 14 min read
How I was Kicked Out of the Society for Classical Studies Annual Meeting
We must stand up to those who have no interest in the discipline of Classics or its survival—who even seek its destruction.
Mary Frances Williams
· 20 min read
What My Days as a Marxist Taught Me About Modern Political Cults
Parsing these texts becomes an obsession for generations of true believers. The rapture, that bloody apocalyptic end of days, is replaced with revolution.
C.K. Ryan
· 9 min read