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How Will Decolonizing the Curriculum Help the Poor and Dispossessed?

The path to progress is definitely not paved by destroying the epistemological framework bequeathed to us by the Enlightenment.

Samantha Jones

10 Apr 2021 · 11 min read

The Fear and Fantasy of COVID-19 Vaccination

The politicization and generation of narratives surrounding the coronavirus (and ensuing governmental responses) funneled information flow into partitions based on political affiliation.

Iosif M. Gershteyn

10 Apr 2021 · 8 min read

Georgetown's Cultural Revolution

The ranks of this new ruling class are refreshed by immigrant academics who come to understand themselves in the way progressivism understands them: as minorities who can also act victim-like if they want—a precious endowment in the cultural academic market.

Lama Abu-Odeh

9 Apr 2021 · 12 min read

The Transhumanist Case for Liberty

The pursuit of material immortality, even if material immortality cannot be realized, is the most reasonable long-term course of civilization; it’s thus the busywork of humanity.

Mark Goldblatt

8 Apr 2021 · 15 min read

What Happened to Social Democracy?

Social democracy was a product of the inequities of the industrial era and the consequent solidarity that flourished among working people. This often resulted in greater justice for racial minorities.

Joel Kotkin

7 Apr 2021 · 14 min read

When Sons Become Daughters, Part II: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering

This isn’t to say that all causes of transgenderism are exogenous: the presence of neuro-atypical cognition comes up over and over, as does the sons’ process of discovering (or rejecting) their sexuality.

Angus Fox

6 Apr 2021 · 32 min read

Diversity, Inclusion, and Academic Freedom: The Case of Gender Biology

But it is sad to see established facts now suppressed along with undesirable beliefs and opinions. And to see our institutions of higher learning being led to this kind of neo-obscurantism in the name of enlightened social attitudes.