A Kiss Is Just a Kiss The uproar over a fleeting outburst of uninhibited joy is ludicrous. Heather Mac Donald 11 Sep 2023 · 8 min read
Corporate Rainbow Marketing: Too Much of a Good Thing A recent dust-up involving NHL goalie James Reimer demonstrates the folly of pitting Pride PR against the conscience of individual actors. Allan Stratton 23 Mar 2023 · 6 min read
Public Broadcaster, Private Celebrity Lineker has embarrassed the BBC but the vexing problem of illegal immigration will still have to be addressed. John Lloyd 15 Mar 2023 · 6 min read
Gender, Sex, and Powerlifting With a biologically male athlete poised to break a Canadian women’s record, it’s time for the sport’s leaders to acknowledge the reality of sexual dimorphism. Jonathan Kay 2 Feb 2023 · 10 min read
Ignoring Biological Reality Puts Female Hockey Players at Risk A frightening injury at an NHL-sponsored transgender tournament in Wisconsin reminds us why women’s leagues should remain sex-protected spaces. Jonathan Kay 9 Dec 2022 · 12 min read
From Football to Fiasco Herschel Walker is discovering that moving from professional football to politics isn’t as easy as it looks. Daniel McGraw 30 Jul 2022 · 7 min read
Male Bodies Don’t Belong in Female Football ‘This nagging feeling that she had an unfair advantage arose every time we hit each other in practice. For me, it was like hitting a brick wall.’ Kate Miechkowski 4 Jul 2022 · 10 min read
The Olympics Debacle and the Illusions of Nationalism The marquee event of the Winter Olympics, the women’s figure-skating championship, ended in a fiasco this year—a fitting climax to a games overshadowed by the oppressive climate [https://www.discoursemagazine.com/culture-and-society/2022/02/08/how-to-save-the-olympics-from-the-tyrants/] in its host country and the growing threat of war from Russia. Robert Tracinski 23 Feb 2022 · 5 min read
On the Issue of Female Athletics, the IOC Has Shirked Its Duty to Lead Doriane Coleman and Martina Navratilova 29 Nov 2021 · 5 min read
Splendid Triviality: Philosophy, Art, and Sport in a Time of Crisis Craig Clifford 14 Apr 2021 · 8 min read
Accommodating Trans Athletes Without Rejecting the Reality of Human Biology Quillette 17 Feb 2021 · 11 min read