Against an Unequivocally Bad Idea
Universal Basic Income, or “UBI,” is a proposal to give every American a periodic check from the government.
Nick Buffie
· 12 min read
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The Evolutionary History of Man's Best Friend Revealed
Dogs are the only domestic species who have been with us since the Pleistocene, which ended 11,500 years ago.
Razib Khan
· 7 min read
What We Owe to ‘The Boys in the Band’—and Other Classics of Gay Film
I’m grateful to every straight director, actor, and writer who has taken up the cause over the last 60 years, and to their closeted friends and colleagues who inspired them.
Allan Stratton
· 15 min read
China’s Stateless Nations
Aaron Sarin
· 11 min read
Australia’s Population Ponzi Scheme
The environmental havoc is justified as needed for the economy, but the evidence does not support this claim.
Kelvin Thomson
· 4 min read
From “Who Gets What?” to “Who Are We?”
The culture wars revolve around highly charged, deeply personal issues that are exceedingly difficult to compromise upon.
Jonathon P. Sine
· 15 min read
Racial Justice: Don’t Abandon the Incrementalist Approach
Another reason that many liberals have increasingly rejected incrementalism is that racial disparities appear to be unchanged.
Robert Cherry
· 7 min read
How Availability Cascades are Shaping our Politics
Two components make up an availability cascade: an informational cascade and a reputational cascade.
Vincent Harinam and David Kopel
· 11 min read
Antiracism, Anti-Semitism, and the False Problem of Jewish Success
There’s no such thing as too many Jews among the “faces of power.”
Daniel Friedman
· 15 min read
What Happened to America’s Soft Power?
What Marc saw as relatively smooth sailing for the CIA’s critical operations during the first two years of the Trump administration is beginning to change.
Art Keller
· 8 min read
Reflections on Solzhenitsyn's Harvard Address
This imbalance between rights and responsibilities is not only restricted to individuals, it is also affecting our governmental, societal, and cultural institutions.
Sergiu Klainerman
· 12 min read
Elder Millennial Metalheads: Our Shrinking World of Dark Thoughts and Bad Jobs
We are a generation of smart, strong, caring, conscientious men, full of kinetic energy that I now see dispersed through alcoholism, drug abuse, depression, anxiety, violence, and death.
Matthew Amos
· 8 min read
Chile’s Elites Are Creating Another Latin American Populist Meltdown. Voters Must Stop Them
The main hope for Chile lies with the requirement that voters approve any new constitution.
Axel Kaiser
· 7 min read
The Importance of Blasphemy
Brian Stewart
· 5 min read
The Dead Are Rising—A Review
The Dead are Arising offers similarly interesting insights into Malcolm X’s adolescence and adult life.
Clayton Trutor
· 7 min read