We Must Defend Free Thought
Scientific and technological progress cannot happen without people thinking freely—so to clamp down on it is to clamp down on progress itself.
Claire Lehmann
· 8 min read
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My Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement
Part of the problem in discussing this is that the meaning of words, as used in some-but-not-all Social Justice-speak, often differs from common usage.
Lee Jussim
· 7 min read
Motivated Reasoning Is Disfiguring Social Science
The bottom line is that professional guilds such as the APA and AAP have a demonstrable track record of unreliability when speaking on matters of science.
Christopher J. Ferguson
· 8 min read
High Theory and Low Seriousness
A travel folder signifies Death. Coal holes represent the Underworld. Soda crackers are the Host. Three bottles of beer are—it’s obvious.
Gustav Jönsson
· 6 min read
The Origins of Colourism
As revealed in the documentary, this view takes an emotional toll on dark women, who are discriminated against in all sorts of ways.
Matthew Blackwell
· 13 min read
Borking Neomi Rao
The scene, in other words, was all set for Kamala Harris to underline the powerlessness of women during Rao’s confirmation hearings.
Heather Mac Donald
· 7 min read
The Meaning of the Self-Destructive Strike at WSU
History suggests another explanation, which has been left unexamined that radicalized union leadership is part, perhaps the primary part, of the problem.
Evan Osborne
· 8 min read
Are Anti-BDS Laws an Assault on Free Speech?
Pluralism has been curiously absent from the BDS debate, which is currently gridlocked over the more narrow question of state neutrality.
Aaron Sibarium
· 8 min read
There’s Nothing 'Intersectional' About Free Speech
This sort of freedom leads to a freer and safer world. At Gab, we will never compromise on our commitment to protect freedom of speech for everyone.
Andrew Torba
· 4 min read
Facebook Has a Right to Block 'Hate Speech'—But Here’s Why It Shouldn’t
The evolution of our content policy not only risked the core of Facebook’s mission, but jeopardized my own alignment with the company.
Brian Amerige
· 17 min read
Understanding Modern African Horrors by Way of the Indian Ocean Slave Trade
The modernizing elites of these groups then fought with the British during WWI and WWII, and demanded independence after the war, which they got.
Geoffrey Clarfield
· 7 min read
The Case for a Second Brexit Referendum Revisited: A Response to Madeline Grant
In the 2017 Act, Parliament simply gave permission to the Government to make the notification under Article 50, and negotiate a Withdrawal Agreement.
Oliver Conolly
· 7 min read
Liberal Orthodoxy and the New Heresy
Complaint sometimes reflects an honest desire to be able to ask the unaskable, speak the unspeakable, and ponder the imponderable.
Erik Gilbert
· 9 min read
Why Do People Tell Me I’m Not Allowed to Write?
The issue was that when a white playwright’s work was produced, casting directors were assuming that they should cast white actors. We were all aghast.
Libby Emmons
· 10 min read
The Death of a Dreamer
When a public figure makes a mistake there seems to be a much stronger, more intense and quicker backlash.
Will Storr
· 16 min read