Is Political Diversity on the Op-Ed Page Worth Defending?
Nicholas Phillips
· 6 min read
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Towards a Cognitive Theory of Politics
A Cognitive Theory of Politics can improve our understanding of contemporary political movements, such as the protests happening on college campuses.
Stephen Messenger
· 16 min read
Is the Internet Complete?
Is it possible that innovation is not only stalling in non-tech areas, but in tech itself? Could we make an argument to say that the internet itself is, in fact, complete?
Alex Smith
· 5 min read
Kevin Williamson Is Not a Free Speech Martyr
Are we required to treat this as a legitimate view deserving of an audience and a debate? Or are we allowed to conclude that Kevin Williamson is a callous fanatic?
O. T. Ford
· 13 min read
Life Pretending to Be an Egyptian Atheist
A host of experiences answering the same question across Egypt had me braced for a look of pained disappointment.
Anthon Jackson
· 24 min read
Diversity in the Concert Hall
In theory, these sound like good-natured progressive policies. After all, who doesn’t like diversity?
Brad Ross
· 8 min read
The Scientific Importance of Free Speech
These are merely tools that help us to accomplish a far greater mission, which is to choose between rival narratives, in the vicious, no-holds-barred battle of ideas that we call “science”.
Adam Perkins
· 7 min read
Becoming a Man
“To be a man in most of the societies we have looked at, one must impregnate women, protect dependents from danger, and provision kith and kin.”
William Buckner
· 12 min read
Lost in Social Constructionism's Epistemic Rabbit Hole
Where they have raised both eyebrows and tempers among social constructionism’s growing number of critics.
Kåre Fog
· 11 min read
Social Research Fields Where Conservatives Are an Underrepresented Group
The lack of ideological diversity seems to be vastly more pronounced in social research fields than underrepresentation in terms of gender, sexuality, and race.
Musa al-Gharbi
· 4 min read
The Philosophical Case for Scientism
Criticisms have some merit, but a stronger case against scientism can be made using the philosophical equivalent of the arid reasoning that scientists admire.
Spencer Hall
· 9 min read
Labour, Power Games, and 150 Years of British Jewish Identity
Unlike other minority groups – which now self-organise at the smallest provocation – Jewish organisations try to keep calm and carry on.
Toby Guise
· 6 min read
Beyond Trigger Warnings — The Radical Assault on Truth and Law
Thus, the law exists simply to support the interests of the dominant group and is merely a collection of beliefs and prejudices that legitimise injustice in society.
Andrew Kelman
· 13 min read
Can Religion Impede Economic Development?
Protestantism was a movement of protest against the Catholic Church and the severing of ties with its centralised, hierarchical institutions.
Rumy Hasan
· 6 min read
Basketball Deconstruction and a Hockey Game Taunt
Perhaps there is a better remedy: alternate dispute resolution. Have the foursome meet face-to-face with Smith-Pelly (with his consent) in the presence of others. Let the taunters explain what they meant.
Steven Lewis
· 14 min read