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The 'Lab Leak' Inquiry at the State Department

Anyone who cares about ensuring that the lab-leak hypothesis is taken seriously should probably be thanking me, rather than vilifying me.

Christopher Ashley Ford

14 Jun 2021 · 20 min read

Why Is the Society for American Archaeology Promoting Indigenous Creationism?

The most expansive interpretations of NAGPRA’s provisions now serve to place Indigenous oral traditions, which typically include religious stories, on equal footing with traditional forms of scientific evidence such as DNA analysis.

Elizabeth Weiss and James W. Springer

13 Jun 2021 · 16 min read

One ‘Maverick’ Documents Another—Jason Riley’s Biography of Thomas Sowell

The collective wisdom of the tax-paying citizenry—literally the sense of the commons—is very often correct.

Wilfred Reilly

13 Jun 2021 · 10 min read

The Purposeless Society

Without faith or nation, there is no greater whole beyond the individual.

Sam Ashworth-Hayes

13 Jun 2021 · 9 min read

Silicon Valley’s ‘Mission Protocol’ Revolution Is Beginning to Attain Critical Mass

They came to build the future and make money in the process.

Peter Savodnik

11 Jun 2021 · 8 min read

How the (Much Maligned) Mongol Horde Helped Create Russian Civilization

The Jochid khans considered the Russian principalities part of their dominion.

Marie Favereau

11 Jun 2021 · 9 min read

Could an Invisible Military Laser Steal Your Privacy?

Face recognition gives law enforcement this unique authority, this unique power, that does pose risks to our constitutional rights, and this needs to be very closely scrutinized now.

Art Keller

10 Jun 2021 · 20 min read

The Importance of Understanding the Nonspecific Effects of Vaccines

A new strategy is required that balances authority with humility.

David McLelland

9 Jun 2021 · 7 min read

Are Activists Protecting Asians from Hate—or Protecting Their Narrative of White Supremacy from Criticism?

But often it seems that means and end have become reversed, and that these crimes now serve as a prop in the larger ideological campaign against our supposedly white-supremacy-saturated culture—a campaign that Asians themselves are now being pressured to join.

Hai Di Nguyen

8 Jun 2021 · 11 min read

When Sons Become Daughters, Part VI: Asexuality, Intelligence, and the Trans Co-Option of Intersex Discourse

Puberty had been distressing and rough. He’d began to cut himself, and saw transition as a way out.

Angus Fox

7 Jun 2021 · 12 min read

Confusing Cure and Disease

But we must also strive to raise realistic, resilient children who are better prepared for life’s quotidian challenges.

Steve Salerno

7 Jun 2021 · 6 min read

No, Critical Race Theory Isn’t a New Civil Rights Movement. (Just the Opposite)

The difference between the civil rights movement and CRT isn’t one of degree or shade. It’s foundational.

Kenny Xu and Christian Watson

6 Jun 2021 · 7 min read

The Artist and the Censor

An embrace of the art for art’s sake ideal is the greatest defense for artists against self-censorship. Those who defend art from moralizing or censure—who accept the reality of art’s autonomy—are those who see art for what it is.

Alice Gribbin

5 Jun 2021 · 8 min read

Winners and Losers: The Global Economy After COVID

Taking advantage of the post-pandemic era may start with securing national health but will depend over time on creating better conditions for adaptive grassroots businesses.

Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger

4 Jun 2021 · 11 min read

Understanding the Unidentified

With the decline of religious belief over the past century, perhaps this is what lies behind this quest to understand the unidentified.

Michael Shermer

3 Jun 2021 · 22 min read