Who's Afraid of Tribalism?
Common fear of ‘tribalism’ reveals them to be members of a particular kind of ‘tribe,’ one that perpetuates its power by accusing opponents of tribalism.
Blake Smith
· 10 min read
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Behind the Mask — Inside the Black Bloc
Naps explained the color-coded, three-tiered categorization of antifa participants in the black bloc, the massive swarm of black-clothed marchers.
Thomas Spoelhof
· 9 min read
Communicating Science in an Era of Post-Truth
The solution seemed to be clear: educate the public and they will accept the science.
Ryan Glaubke
· 8 min read
Sam Harris Is Not the One Making Space for People of Colour
Source of conflict between the two best-selling authors was the extent of white privilege, and the question of how it should be accounted for in public debate
Jamil Jivani
· 13 min read
The Munk Debate and the Perils of Tribalism
Tribalism isn’t a toy and academics who think they can regulate it up and down like a set of dials to determine who’s in which group
Uri Harris
· 6 min read
Postmodern Theory Returns to Continental Europe
Faculty in continental Europe already overwhelming lean left in the social sciences and humanities
Vincent Debierre
· 9 min read
Three Justifications for Liberalism
The fact that the complex history of liberalism is largely ignored by both its opponents and its alleged friends
Matt McManus
· 10 min read
A Liberal's Case for Conservatives in History Departments
The liberal-to-leftist makeup of the discipline significantly influences the questions historians ask, the answers that we privilege, and the ways we teach and engage with the public.
Joseph Stieb
· 6 min read
Groups, Groups, and the IDW
John Nerst suggests that what is actually at issue is whether the discussion of the racial IQ gap is a matter of science or of politics.
Jacob Falkovich
· 13 min read
The Importance of Cultural Nationalism in an Era of Distrust
What will happen when the melting pot of national identity gives way to a salad bowl bursting with myriad unassimilated tribes?
Alexander Zubatov
· 10 min read
Postmodernism and the Decline of the Liberal Arts
Postmodernism is devouring the liberal arts. Such a deeply entrenched cultural problem cannot be solved by top-down intervention.
Velvet Favretto
· 6 min read
Kelly Sadler and a Loss of Perspective
Saddler’s many critics claim that the lines Kelly Sadler and her boss have crossed are easy to identify and avoid.
Carlos Hiraldo
· 5 min read
Growing Up in a Progressive Utopia
Everyone would be equal in every way and we would all ride our unicorns to the end of the rainbow. Unfortunately, we do not live in that world we live in this one.
Konstantin Kisin
· 5 min read
The Student's Dilemma — Conformity and Education
Activism and ambition can conflict so that students must choose between writing what they think and getting the grades they want and need.
Avel Ivanov
· 4 min read
Biosocial Criminology and the Lombrosian Paradox
It is this very intellectual dishonesty, this reputational cost, that has had such an inhibitory, obscuring effect on the development of biosocial criminology.
Samuel Forster
· 8 min read