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#NotMe: On Harassment, Empowerment, and Feminine Virtue

My feminine virtue, traditionally understood, allowed me to control men.

Marilyn Simon

4 Apr 2019 · 10 min read

The Scars of Rwanda, 25 Years On

Dallaire, abandoned in hell, the commander unable to command, let alone protect, developed severe post-traumatic stress disorder.

Jessica Robeson

3 Apr 2019 · 12 min read

The Goodness Paradox—A Review

Biologists have lately awoken to the news that their science makes them heretics in the postmodern imperium, and guilty of retailing the ideas most heretical to the progressive, constructivist, utopian-egalitarian worldview.

Didier Maleuvre

3 Apr 2019 · 7 min read

Cambridge University’s Shameful Treatment of Jordan Peterson

To insinuate that Jordan Peterson is a contributor to sectarianism and division is the opposite of the truth.

Stephen Blackwood

3 Apr 2019 · 9 min read

Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee

How can students advocate for speech codes and still believe that freedom of speech is secure?

Pamela Paresky

1 Apr 2019 · 7 min read

The Right Side of History—A Review

The time may soon come when a more sophisticated neuroscience will render arguments of morality and free will effectively null.

Jared Marcel Pollen

28 Mar 2019 · 11 min read

Venezuela and the Half-Truths of Noam Chomsky

Chomsky has spent his career attacking the crimes and incompetence of the US but excuses the same in its enemies.

Clifton Ross

25 Mar 2019 · 13 min read

Dragged Across Concrete—A Review

In a cultural moment that has seen reputations destroyed by a single tweet, each transgression can become the entirety of a person’s character.

David G. Hughes

22 Mar 2019 · 6 min read

When Children Protest, Adults Should Tell them the Truth

The climate debate is a complicated one. It requires the careful weighing of interests and trade-offs, not the uncompromising fanaticism of an absolutist.

Kathrine Jebsen Moore

21 Mar 2019 · 8 min read

Towards a Worker's Bill of Rights

This article proposes an outline of what such a measure might look like in order to provide a starting point for discussions.

Gideon Scopes

21 Mar 2019 · 9 min read

An Interview With Lisa Littman, Who Coined the Term ‘Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria’

This research explores, through the reports of parents, a phenomenon whereby teens and young adults who did not exhibit childhood signs of gender issues appeared to suddenly identify as transgender.

Jonathan Kay

19 Mar 2019 · 18 min read

The Mismeasurements of Stephen Jay Gould

Gould believed this bias was rampant in particular scholarly fields, and the most prominent target for his criticism in The Mismeasure of Man was the study of intelligence, especially IQ testing and the genetics of mental ability.