For Our Own Good, We All Need a Glimpse of the Evil Queen I have never seen a dream present something I believed to be untrue. Jordan Peterson 7 Mar 2021 · 11 min read
Starvation and Ethnic Cleansing Stalk Ethiopia The Ethiopian government has attempted to maintain total control of the narrative by locking down the region and imposing a communications blackout. James Jeffrey 7 Mar 2021 · 8 min read
How a Single Anonymous Twitter Account Caused an ‘Indigenized’ Canadian University to Unravel The main beneficiaries are more likely to be privileged administrators who burnish their bona fides by filling alumni magazines and email blasts with Indigenous photo-ops. Jonathan Kay 6 Mar 2021 · 17 min read
A Cardinal Sin My efforts and motives in instigating Cardinal Conversations, in response to undergraduates’ requests, and in defending the program against the assault upon it were simply ignored. Niall Ferguson 5 Mar 2021 · 12 min read
Decolonising Math is Rooted in a Decades-Old Conflict The central point of contention seems to be between math’s claim to universal truth and the kind of subjective, lived-experience approach embraced by many social justice movements. Greg Ashman 4 Mar 2021 · 7 min read
Against Dilettantes The reason these books endure and will be read long after the writers of littérature engagée harping on a string of fashionable social trends are ridiculed and forgotten, is their aesthetic impact. Elena Shalneva 4 Mar 2021 · 9 min read
Does Suffering Provide Meaning and Purpose in Life?—A Reply to Freya India Integral to this is the issue of how much personal responsibility one should assume for a given outcome and why. Paul Sturdee 3 Mar 2021 · 7 min read
Lockdown Scepticism Was Never a ‘Fringe’ Viewpoint The Declaration states that achieving herd immunity for COVID-19 can be assisted by vaccines, “but is not dependent” on their use. Noah Carl 2 Mar 2021 · 11 min read
The Podcaster Who (Single-handledly) Made Me Love History A huge part of Duncan’s appeal is his humble, layman’s approach. Jonathan Kay 1 Mar 2021 · 8 min read
The Evolutionary Advantages of Playing Victim Scholars from the Immorality Lab at the University of British Columbia created a victim-signaling scale that measures how frequently people tell others of the disadvantages, challenges, and misfortunes they suffer. Cory Clark 27 Feb 2021 · 7 min read
To Skate—Perchance to Soar Skateboarding is simple and complex, pointless and transformational. Damian Platt 26 Feb 2021 · 16 min read
The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Conor McGregor MMA represents a meeting of cultures and individuals that transcend identity, class, and geography while integrating art and philosophy with sport—a healthy pressure valve in the modern world. Samuel Kronen 25 Feb 2021 · 17 min read
The Problem With ‘Indigenizing the University’ Supporters of Indigenization, on the other hand, believe that Indigenization can yield positive, even utopian, dividends. Frances Widdowson 24 Feb 2021 · 14 min read
Remembering Karl Popper Politically speaking, Popper had lived through much. He had seen the dissolution of the old Austro-Hungarian monarchy. David Cohen 22 Feb 2021 · 12 min read
Can Governments Stop Bitcoin? The reality is Bitcoin is a political project that threatens to fundamentally disrupt the Davos-led economic system, with everyone from Janet Yellen to Christine Lagarde expressing fear about its rise and demanding it be regulated. Alex Gladstein 21 Feb 2021 · 16 min read