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On Race and Inequality—A Reply to Nathan J. Robinson

The reality is that virtually no two ethnic groups in history have ever achieved equal outcomes on all measures, anywhere, ever.

Samuel Kronen

27 Jun 2020 · 10 min read

Leaders Are Worse Than Average

In every political system, one hopes that the cream rises, that the rulers or governors will be the best and the brightest.

Crispin Sartwell

27 Jun 2020 · 8 min read

Is the My Little Pony Fan Community Really Full of Nazis?

White nationalists and the far-Right seemed to be ascendant in 2016 after Donald Trump won an unexpected victory in the US presidential election.

Daniel Friedman

27 Jun 2020 · 7 min read

Interpreting Italo Svevo—When Literary Orthodoxy Misses The Mark

Marx’s ideas have been debunked by economists; Freud’s ideas have been debunked by psychologists.

Dario Maestripieri

27 Jun 2020 · 11 min read

The Mob That Came After Me Is Turning on Itself. When Will This End? Who Does This Help?

One of the justifications offered by the cultural-appropriation mob that came after me is that you cannot speak for others unless you are the other.

Hal Niedzviecki

27 Jun 2020 · 8 min read

Is Foster Care Racist?

The complaints of structural racism and a desire to abolish foster care will sound familiar to anyone who has been listening to the recent debate about policing.

Naomi Schaefer Riley

26 Jun 2020 · 8 min read

The Need for Scientific Caution in the New Space Race

On May 30th, 2020, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA’s facility at Cape Canaveral. Hidden in the roar of the thrusters was the crack of a starting gun for the second era of human expansion: The era of private crewed space exploration was on. During the last

Michael Shilo DeLay and Anastasia Bendebury

26 Jun 2020 · 7 min read

The Outing of 'Lady G': Humiliating a Closeted Gay Republican in the Name of LGBT Rights

Progressive LGBT activists who abandon their values so they can go all in on a digital hatefest are no better than the bigots they purport to oppose.

Brad Polumbo

26 Jun 2020 · 6 min read

Neo-Totalitarianism and the Erasure of History

And this neo-totalitarianism has learned from the past: It has its inquisitions, its auto-da-fes, its purges and cultural revolutions, reeducation and self-criticism sessions, and above all the ostracization and ultimate erasure of dissidents.

Benjamin Kerstein

26 Jun 2020 · 5 min read

COVID-19 and the College Football Debate

Most healthcare experts basically agree that there is still too much uncertainty about COVID-19 to play football safely this fall.

Daniel McGraw

25 Jun 2020 · 13 min read

Why Climate Activists Will Go Nuclear—Or Go Extinct

A consensus has grown in the UK among Conservatives and much of Labour that it needs nuclear not just for climate change but also to reduce its dependence on imported natural gas.