For Some Adjunct Professors, It's Speak Your Mind versus Keep Your Job
Ilana Redstone and John Villasenor
· 8 min read
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George Orwell, Henry Miller, and the 'Dirty-Handkerchief Side of Life'
Like Miller, Orwell didn’t just focus on the “dirty-handkerchief side of life”—he repeatedly confessed to the dirty-handkerchief side of his own personality.
Matt Johnson
· 15 min read
The Prescience of Shelby Steele
A great writer shows us how to think rather than telling us what to think.
Samuel Kronen
· 18 min read
Sex and the American Presidency
What does all this have to do with the sexual follies in the White House? Like the Bolshevik Revolution, sex is nothing if not leveling.
Seth Greenland
· 19 min read
Forget What Gender Activists Tell You. Here’s What Medical Transition Looks Like
Medical transition, such as the kind I went through, can enhance an illusion that helps some gender dysphoric individuals navigate the world with more comfort.
Scott Newgent
· 8 min read
A Poor Farrier's Journey to Political Sanity
I'm still not immune to violent political fantasies, especially when I become angry at scenes of Left-wing protests in Portland, Seattle, and other cities.
Austin Schue
· 13 min read
At Dalhousie University, Ideology Comes First, Science Comes Second
We are entering a strange and unsettling period in the life of universities, and in the sciences, in particular.
Jonathan Kay
· 6 min read
Time and Perceptions of Trustworthiness—the Row over a Novel Study
A society worth having rests on our willingness to co-operate, to be able to depend a little on the kindness and civility of strangers.
Rosalind Arden
· 9 min read
Weaponizing Words: Language and Oppression
Language does not form our view of the world and its inhabitants in any meaningful sense.
Robert D. King
· 10 min read
Something is Rotten in the State of Victoria
Overly harsh enforcement of the law can paradoxically act to undermine it.
Katy Barnett
· 14 min read
The Misguided Campaign Against Journalistic Objectivity
Even historians, who have many years to consider the object of their study, inhabit “the twilight of probability.” How can those journalists tasked with writing “history’s first draft” imagine that they know which way true “harm” lies?
Lorraine Clark
· 7 min read
John Glubb and Avoiding the Fate of Empires
The first step is better wealth distribution. If we are all—as a nation—in it together, then we should all be sharing both the burdens and the benefits.
Leo Nicolletto
· 14 min read
Radicalized Antiracism on Campus—as Seen from the Computer Lab
The University of Washington, like most schools, tracks the performance of student groups as part of its effort to enhance diversity and reduce inequality.
Stuart Reges
· 15 min read
Analyst of Totalitarianism—Reading Simon Leys Today
One general conclusion from reading Leys is that although totalitarian movements are immensely dangerous, that doesn’t mean we should give the theories behind them much intellectual weight.
David Adler
· 15 min read
Keeping Male Bodies Out of Women's Rugby
World Rugby had to come to terms with reality: Irrespective of hormonal intervention, male athletes are, on average, 40 percent heavier, 15 percent faster, 30 percent more powerful, and 25–50 percent stronger than their female counterparts.
Linda Blade
· 8 min read