Why Men Can't Write About Sex Anymore “Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation, and the other eight are unimportant,” was embraced by us all, regardless of gender. Vijai Maheshwari 30 Nov 2018 · 6 min read
Academia's Case of Stockholm Syndrome When done right, peer review is a rigorous process that fosters honest critique, lively discussion, and continual refinement of ideas for the mutual benefit of researchers and society. Harry Crane and Ryan Martin 29 Nov 2018 · 6 min read
Thirty Years After 'The Closing of the American Mind' Relativism, Bloom claimed, “is not a theoretical insight but a moral postulate, the condition of a free society, or so they see it. Jonathan Church 28 Nov 2018 · 5 min read
Twitter's Trans-Activist Decree “Men aren’t women,” and the other asked “How are transwomen not men? What is the difference between a man and a transwoman?” Meghan Murphy 28 Nov 2018 · 14 min read
The Problem with 'The Journal of Controversial Ideas' The lack of viewpoint diversity among college and university faculty gives further reason for scholars to be concerned about pursuing and attempting to publish “controversial” ideas. Clay Routledge / Bradley Campbell 27 Nov 2018 · 5 min read
Sabrina the Woke Witch is a Disgrace to Baphomet Whether on-screen or off, humans are interesting only when they assert moral autonomy over their own lives. Jen Gerson 26 Nov 2018 · 11 min read
If That's What It Means to Be a Writer, I Quit Kauffman defended himself from charges of homophobia by saying that he wasn’t against the ‘gay influence’ in theatre, only its insidiousness. Sky Gilbert 26 Nov 2018 · 14 min read
What We Talk About When We Talk About Immigration Focusing on immigration policy through the lens of political allegiance is both dangerous and often ahistorical. Neema Parvini 26 Nov 2018 · 11 min read
On the Nature of Patriarchy As Hrdy sees patriarchal social practices as being rooted in our ancient evolutionary heritage, she argues that progress towards sex equality should not be taken for granted. William Buckner 25 Nov 2018 · 16 min read
I Am Not a Blank Page We are not blank pages, we do not have equal aptitudes, and to pretend that we do is to condemn the Stephens of this world to a life of running hopeless sprints against legions of Raouls. Cameron Sage 25 Nov 2018 · 8 min read
The Case for Dropping Out of College What do students get for that price? I asked myself this question on a class by class basis, and have found an enormous mismatch between price and product in almost all cases. Samuel Knoche 23 Nov 2018 · 15 min read
Jews Revolutionized the Universities. Will Asians Do the Same? The historical parallel between Jews and Asians is striking for a number of reasons—including the fact that both cases involve an explicit rejection of the idea that academic merit alone could be a tenable basis for admission. Barbara Kay 23 Nov 2018 · 16 min read
Who’s Afraid of Ludwig Wittgenstein? Explaining the Lack of Women in Philosophy Alternative explanations that focus on the freely made choices of men versus women are usually spoken of only in hushed tones. Graham Drope 22 Nov 2018 · 9 min read
My Misspent Years of Conspiracism Given what we know about the world, what would we expect to find in the wake of the assassination had Oswald acted alone? Jamie Palmer 22 Nov 2018 · 28 min read
Much Ado About Free Speech: A Canadian Professor Responds I have been teaching at my university for almost 20 years, yet I cannot recall a single instance in which my students protested the expression of an offensive idea. Dan Meegan 21 Nov 2018 · 8 min read
