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
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Wizard and Prophet — Steven Pinker, 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
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 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
Britain's Grooming Gang Crisis
Yet if the phenomenon is to be understood it is important to evaluate the data objectively. Otherwise we have a lot of heat and little light.
Ben Sixsmith
· 7 min read
The Meaning of Freedom
Inside the hall, Peterson’s remarks were briefly interrupted by two protesters who mounted the stage and unfurled a banner that read “Freedom To Smash Bigotry.”
Aaron Pope
· 5 min read
Steven Pinker's Counter-Counter-Enlightenment
Peter Harrison took exception to his “teleological view of history” and “misplaced faith in data, metrics and statistical analysis.”
Saloni Dattani
· 12 min read
The Sanders-Venezuela Meme
Sanders’s disavowal was scorned by Venezuelan state media and dismayed Chavez’s remaining defenders in the West.
Jack Staples-Butler
· 12 min read
The Psychology of Progressive Hostility
This sort of my-way-or-the-highway mentality is now spreading well beyond the urban university and into even remote communities.
Matthew Blackwell
· 11 min read
The Deleterious Effects of Tabloid Discourse
A strikingly careless habit to fall into on the part of those who participate in the mass distribution of information, its consequences are severe.
William Vaillancourt
· 8 min read
Incomprehension 501 — Introduction to Graduate School
My last book purge found me deciding the fate of Slavoj Žižek’s Tarrying With The Negative, a book I read in a class on Shakespeare and political theory.
S. A. Dance
· 9 min read
Privilege: A Term That Has Lost Its Utility
Which other voices would be promoted and approved by all, and how would they achieve that sort of prominence? How would any of this be to society’s advantage?
Genevieve Weynerowski
· 6 min read
Transgenderism as Social Construction and Diagnosis
Tannehill subsequently posted the article to the Facebook page of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).
Lisa Marchiano
· 10 min read
What Has Capitalism Ever Done for Us?
Like Reggie in Monty Python’s The Life of Brian, they demand to know: “What has capitalism ever done for us?”
Nicola Wright
· 11 min read