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Trigger Warnings and Mass Psychogenic Illness

While a trigger warning in theory guards against trauma, it has the actual effect of multiplying claims of trauma by students who are primed to expect it and have a ready-made lexicon to describe both its effects and the outrages that bring it on.

Stewart Justman

2 Nov 2018 · 10 min read

An Imaginary Racism: Islamophobia and Guilt—A Review

The explosion in identity politics that has led to the automatic use of “white” as an ethnic insult in condemnations such as “white privilege” and “white, straight men” has made race as defining a factor in left-wing politics as it is in extreme right-wing politics.

Nick Cohen

2 Nov 2018 · 10 min read

Nazis: A Modern Field Guide

In the spirit of the Handbook on German Military Forces, I offer readers this brief field guide to the various kinds of “Nazis” who inhabit the world of 2018.

Jonathan Kay

31 Oct 2018 · 10 min read

On God and Politics: Comparing Žižek and Peterson

Both claim to not believe in some God who literally exists as an independent being. Both believe that a proper conception of God engenders support for the individual and personal freedom.

Matt McManus

31 Oct 2018 · 11 min read

Silencing Women in the Name of Trans Activism

Since I made my story public, Goldstein has tried to suggest that he is the true victim, and that he was bullied into apologizing to me (“a decision I now retract”).

Julie Bindel

31 Oct 2018 · 8 min read

Upholding the Jihadist's Veto

The Court’s decision therefore constitutes a clear and present danger to the emerging consensus that blasphemy laws are incompatible with international human rights law.

Jacob Mchangama and Flemming Rose

30 Oct 2018 · 7 min read

Previously Unrecognized Rights: Climate Change Lawsuits and the Rule of Law

Environmental advocates are asking courts to halt allegedly harmful private and public initiatives on the basis of ancient Roman law, common law doctrines, international agreements and norms, and innovative interpretations of constitutions.

James Huffman

30 Oct 2018 · 12 min read

If You Want to Save the Planet, Drop the Campaign Against Capitalism

While Scruton’s environmentalism gives us a reason to protect our local environments, the reality is that the effects of many environmentally damaging practices are not just experienced locally.

Andrew Glover

29 Oct 2018 · 7 min read

Fight the Scourge of Antisemitism—but Take Hope from Pittsburgh’s Righteous Gentiles

Despite sporadic episodes of horrific anti-Semitic hatred such as this, the modern West remains, by historical standards, a safe environment for Jews—something worth acknowledging, even as we join Tree Of Life in a collective act of mourning.

Jonathan Kay

28 Oct 2018 · 6 min read

White Privilege Is Real, but Well-Meaning White Liberals Are Helping to Perpetuate It

Rather than whites being responsible for the perpetuation of these stereotypes—and, by extension, white privilege—they are maintained by all groups as they interact with each other.

Eric Kaufmann

27 Oct 2018 · 8 min read

What Can Artificial Intelligence Teach Us About Political Polarization?

Fortunately, there are measures that each of us can take to keep the excesses of dimensionality reduction in check. Unfortunately, they all require a potentially uncomfortable dose of humility.

Jeremie Harris

27 Oct 2018 · 6 min read

21 Lessons for the 21st Century—A Review

The sheer diversity of the topics discussed in 21 Lessons makes boiling the book down into a short summary that does justice to its scope impossible.

Spencer Hall

26 Oct 2018 · 8 min read

The Comment Awards Fiasco

That seems itself to be an example of divisiveness and a snub to one form of diversity: that of diverse opinion.

Claire Fox

25 Oct 2018 · 9 min read

Challenging the Campus Rape Narrative

The evidence is there for all to see. Our Australian universities are on a hiding to nothing by surrendering to the bullying tactics of a small group of feminist activists and agreeing to get involved in the criminal justice business.

Bettina Arndt

25 Oct 2018 · 8 min read

Art, Commerce, and Vision

Art isn’t free to produce. Especially the kind of art Sabin makes.

Traci L. Slatton

25 Oct 2018 · 9 min read