A Night Out with a Muslim and an Atheist
What is Islam and how does it differ from Islamism? And is this a hard and fast distinction for the majority of Muslims?
Andy Ngo
· 5 min read
Review
A collection of 130 posts
Not All Dead White Men—A Review
How many people are in this “community”? What power do they enjoy? What is the extent of their influence?
Jaspreet Singh Boparai
· 23 min read
Progressive Creationism: A Review of 'A Dangerous Idea'
“In fact, with the rise of the Offense Culture, the Left’s attacks on science have become more intense. Expect more of them.”
Toby Young
· 11 min read
The One-Sided Worldview of Hans Rosling
The reputation of the Nobel Prize has been tarnished by the scandals at the Swedish Academy in 2017–18, and the scientific and medical scandal caused by the fatal windpipe transplantations at Karolinska.
Christian Berggren
· 15 min read
‘She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity—A Review
The real problem with this book is that, to Zimmer and many other people, genetics itself is the enemy.
Gregory Cochran
· 7 min read
The War on Normal People—A Review
Recognising that there is a problem is half the battle.
Uri Harris
· 8 min read
'Factfulness'—A Review
Factfulness identifies ten instincts we all share, which tend to over-dramatize the world as we see it.
Lyle Broom
· 7 min read
Review: The New Philistines
Those already familiar with the deformations that these terms represent may take note of the supercilious attitude that permeates the turgid passages in which they appear.
Matthew Stewart
· 6 min read
Review: Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream — Sara Goldrick-Rab
Paying the Price draws on an unprecedented study that tracked the educational outcomes of 3,000 young adults that entered college in Wisconsin in 2008.
Toni Airaksinen
· 4 min read
Happiness by Design—Paul Dolan
Dolan’s proposal is that shifting our attention away from constructed narratives to actual experiences is likely to make us a lot happier.
Claire Lehmann
· 6 min read