Antiracism, Anti-Semitism, and the False Problem of Jewish Success
There’s no such thing as too many Jews among the “faces of power.”
Daniel Friedman
· 15 min read
Activism
A collection of 238 posts
Elder Millennial Metalheads: Our Shrinking World of Dark Thoughts and Bad Jobs
We are a generation of smart, strong, caring, conscientious men, full of kinetic energy that I now see dispersed through alcoholism, drug abuse, depression, anxiety, violence, and death.
Matthew Amos
· 8 min read
Who Speaks for Black Lives Matter? The Answer Can Be Complicated
As one might imagine, it generally is opposed by many Black Lives Matter supporters, as they disagree with any implied parallel between racist treatment of blacks and the occupational hazards of police work.
Steven Volynets
· 13 min read
Slack Wars: Corporate America’s Woke Insurgency
Labor leaders no longer even pretend they can staunch the layoffs, and so their focus increasingly has turned to questions of editorial direction and ideology, over which they still believe they can exert leverage through the back door of social media.
Quillette
· 10 min read
The Moral Panic over 'Sexualisation'
I regularly found myself on national TV and radio, opposing the idea that the state should act to stop teenagers accessing sexual material.
Jerry Barnett
· 12 min read
My Brief Spell as an Activist
I was on fire, and at the same time, I was fragile.
Lucy Kross Wallace
· 14 min read
The Lawrence Mead Affair
If someone puts forward a controversial theory, others should have the chance to criticise it.
Noah Carl
· 6 min read
How We Lost Our Way on Human Rights
Surely we should seek to build on the past where possible, improve upon it, and learn from its successes as much as its failures—to create a healthy and honest partnership between past and present as a foundation for our future.
John Young
· 9 min read
Forget What Gender Activists Tell You. Here’s What Medical Transition Looks Like
Medical transition, such as the kind I went through, can enhance an illusion that helps some gender dysphoric individuals navigate the world with more comfort.
Scott Newgent
· 8 min read
At Dalhousie University, Ideology Comes First, Science Comes Second
We are entering a strange and unsettling period in the life of universities, and in the sciences, in particular.
Jonathan Kay
· 6 min read
Weaponizing Words: Language and Oppression
Language does not form our view of the world and its inhabitants in any meaningful sense.
Robert D. King
· 10 min read
The Misguided Campaign Against Journalistic Objectivity
Even historians, who have many years to consider the object of their study, inhabit “the twilight of probability.” How can those journalists tasked with writing “history’s first draft” imagine that they know which way true “harm” lies?
Lorraine Clark
· 7 min read
Radicalized Antiracism on Campus—as Seen from the Computer Lab
The University of Washington, like most schools, tracks the performance of student groups as part of its effort to enhance diversity and reduce inequality.
Stuart Reges
· 15 min read
Keeping Male Bodies Out of Women's Rugby
World Rugby had to come to terms with reality: Irrespective of hormonal intervention, male athletes are, on average, 40 percent heavier, 15 percent faster, 30 percent more powerful, and 25–50 percent stronger than their female counterparts.
Linda Blade
· 8 min read
Deception and Complicity—the Strange Case of Jessica Krug
But the real scandal—not discussed much in the media—wasn’t Krug’s decade of duplicity.
Charlotte Allen
· 9 min read