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The Misguided Moral Panic About Racism in British Universities

The scope of individual autonomy is rapidly being eroded by measures designed to engineer an inclusive society.

9 Feb 2020 · 19 min read

Is Democracy Compatible with Extreme Inequality?

Material benefits can always be translated into political power because the political world has always been interwoven with the cultural world.

Chang Che

8 Feb 2020 · 8 min read

By Seeking ‘Safer Spaces’ for Actors, We’re Creating a Hostile Environment for Art

I honestly have no idea why any actor would want to appear in a serious play featuring protagonists who are not, in some way, “screwed up.”

Sky Gilbert

7 Feb 2020 · 8 min read

Bravery and Betrayal: The Peculiar Case of Ágnes Heller

Heller’s overarching message, the consistently identifiable thread woven through her oeuvre, seems to have been this: find a cause and seize it.

Jelena Vuckovic

7 Feb 2020 · 11 min read

Grooming Gangs and Indifferent Police: What Have We Learned After Rotherham?

Sajid Javid, during his time as the U.K.’s Home Secretary, promised an investigation into the grooming phenomenon but nothing materialized. It is clear that we need investigations, but we also need accountability.

Ben Sixsmith

4 Feb 2020 · 9 min read

Should We Colonize Mars? The Fate of Humanity May One Day Depend on It

Do we have the right to supplant Martian life with our own? Yes—because a human life has more value than that of a bacterium.

Owen Lewis

3 Feb 2020 · 7 min read

The Suffocation of Academic Freedom by the Research Excellence Framework

Lord Robbins went on to stress that academics should have the freedom to “speculate and investigate as the spirit moves one, and to publish without restraint.”

Rumy Hasan

1 Feb 2020 · 5 min read

Confucius Got It Right: Giving in to ‘Bias’ Is Part of Living an Ethical Life

No one wants to be “victim” of someone else’s biases, but almost everyone is comforted by the idea that one’s brother, mother, or uncle is heavily biased in their favor.

Stephen T. Asma

1 Feb 2020 · 6 min read

Read Your Enemies

Sometimes only a solitary family resemblance—a single argument, framework or notion—is passed from parent to progeny, yet the imprint is vivid enough.

James Walker

31 Jan 2020 · 4 min read

Work—the Tragedy of Our Age

The appeal of the material is very strong. But so will the rest of us one day regret living a manky, derivative life of office jobs and ignoring the fact that maybe there is something of Poe in each of us.

Elena Shalneva

30 Jan 2020 · 9 min read

Market Solutions to Climate Change: An Opportunity for Bipartisanship

Progressive environmentalists should welcome the addition of young conservatives to the broader environmentalist movement, but they must check some of their legislative ambitions at the door in order to pass meaningful, effective environmentalist policies.

Nate Hochman

28 Jan 2020 · 6 min read

#Red-Carded: How I Got Pushed Out of an LGBT Soccer League for Gender WrongThink

This sense of longing and regret helps explain why, a half-decade later, as a fresh college graduate living in Washington, D.C., I signed up with the local LGBT soccer club.

Brad Polumbo

28 Jan 2020 · 6 min read

Private Military Contracting Is Misunderstood

Like all competitive industries, contracting evolved and became heavily corporate in nature, leaving the cowboy conduct behind in 2006, but retaining the cowboy image for sex appeal.