Equal Pay for Unequal Work—A Symptom of Prosperity
The Matildas’ landmark deal may actually prove counterproductive for the pay gap movement.
Luke J. Graham
· 7 min read
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What Would It Take to Run a 1:50 Marathon?
Hope had been expressed during the early part of this century that DNA testing might be used to identify individuals with exceptional athletic ability.
Michael Joyner
· 6 min read
YouTube Censored My Interview With Posie Parker
The subliminal message behind this is obvious: “Censor yourself so we don’t have to.”
Konstantin Kisin
· 5 min read
The Case Against Galileo: A Book Excerpt
The sheer number of complaints, and the seriousness of some of the charges, were such that the pope might have been forced to take some action even under normal circumstances.
Maurice A. Finocchiaro
· 7 min read
Fearful Norwegians Wonder: Are 'Swedish Conditions' Coming to the Streets of Oslo?
Immigrants from certain backgrounds—particularly Palestinians, Iraqis and Afghanis—were many times more likely to commit violent crimes than other Norwegians
Kathrine Jebsen Moore
· 7 min read
The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is for Good Women to Do Nothing
In my pre-feminist days, sexual harassment and rape were so common, so pervasive, so accepted, that they were virtually invisible.
Phyllis Chesler
· 14 min read
Andrew Yang—Technocratic Populist
Government and policy would be better off if they were presided over and/or dictated by technical experts.
Marshawn Brewer
· 12 min read
PODCAST 61: Dr David Adesnik on ISIS, Syria and the Kurds
Dr David Adesnik, Director of Research at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, talks to Jonathan Kay about ISIS, Syria and the Kurds.
Quillette
· 1 min read
How Boardgames Teach the Limits of Rationalism
The drive to deal with other players is embedded in the scoring rules, which emphasize economies of scale.
Jonathan Kay
· 10 min read
The Dangerous Dream of Dismantling Human Hierarchies
Most setups that might appear to be non-hierarchical are actually deeply hierarchical.
Christoph Kletzer
· 19 min read
Male-Bodied Rapists Are Being Imprisoned With Women. Why Do so Few People Care?
It appears that common sense is forgotten once the words “gender identity” are invoked.
April Halley
· 15 min read
PODCAST 57: Amber Scorah talks about leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses
Ex-Jehovah’s Witness Amber Scorah talks to Jonathan Kay about leaving the Christian sect and her book Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life.
Quillette, Amber Scorah
· 1 min read
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity—A Review
The chapter on Trans issues is particularly revealing in regard to the way the different “building blocks” of intersectional theory come into conflict with one another.
Johan Wennström
· 8 min read
'Oikophobia': Our Western Self-Hatred
The simplest way of defining oikophobia is as the opposite extreme of xenophobia.
Benedict Beckeld
· 8 min read
Channelling the Malthusian Roots of Climate Extremism
Malthusian hysteria has become embedded in all sorts of extremist sects.
Michael Shellenberger
· 7 min read