The Convergent Case for Veganism
But given the many possible human diets from paleo to DASH, isn’t it highly unlikely that one ends up with the very best of all of the above?
Jacy Reese
· 6 min read
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“What Have the Romans Ever Done For Us?” A Discussion of Helen Dale’s Kingdom of the Wicked
Are there any reasons for thinking that the Romans could have had an industrial revolution?
Robert Darby
· 15 min read
Weighing the Threats to American Democracy
The ability to fire someone for their politics or deny them a job on account of factors unrelated to their qualifications is a form of power.
Gideon Scopes
· 13 min read
The Feminist Case for Free Speech
Could it be time to reassess global standards of free speech to mute misogynist trolls and amplify the voices of women?
Jacob Mchangama
· 8 min read
What the Alt-Right and Regressive Left Have in Common
They encourage each other with increasing zeal to root out heretics, and wage war against infidels. True believers do not welcome skeptics.
Jonathan Anomaly
· 7 min read
Why Jordan B Peterson Appeals to Me (And I Am on the Left)
Peterson’s critics would be helping him refine his theories and hone his argumentation, moving our cultural conceptions of human nature forward.
Alexander Blum
· 11 min read
Why the Techlash Won't Go Away
Suddenly, the same Internet companies that Democrats celebrated as forces for change in dealing with education, income inequality and global democracy.
Leon Hadar
· 11 min read
The Problem of Credulity
We could come up with any number of examples. But is there any more to be said, other than that it is a disposition to be irrational?
Piers Benn
· 12 min read
Crown and Consternation
Confusingly, however, it has been impossible to discern what this principle actually is.
David Paxton
· 8 min read
Why Do Men Rape?
“Rape is not about sexual orientation or sexual desire. It is an act of power and control in which the victim is brutalized and humiliated.”
Matthew Blackwell
· 15 min read
The Tyranny of the Subjective
Among these is a preference for what have come to be called ‘traditionally marginalized narratives.
Elizabeth Finne
· 15 min read
The Wizard and the Prophet: On Steven Pinker and Yuval Noah Harari
Pinker reminds us of what we in the chattering classes too often forget: namely, that modernity has for the most part been a major upgrade for humanity.
John Faithful Hamer
· 9 min read
Against Intellectual Rent-Seekers
The inquisitorial interview of Lindsay Shepherd demonstrated, rent-seekers will claim that exposing students to ideas they oppose runs contrary.
Kevin Leach
· 6 min read
Diversity and Inclusion vs Free Speech on Campus
So what, then, is the ‘Diversity Agenda’? Browse through any university website and you will likely find a page for an office of diversity and inclusion.
Coltan Scrivner
· 9 min read
High Functioning and Fine
Asperger thought it was far more common and existed on a “continuum,” or what we now call the ‘spectrum.’
Marion Pennell
· 7 min read