The Privilege Paradox
Even this cursory glance reveals two important facts about the usage of the word ‘privilege’ today.
Samuel Biagetti
· 10 min read
History
A collection of 341 posts
“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
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
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 Behavioral Ecology of Male Violence
Understanding patterns of lethal violence among humans requires understanding some important sex differences between males and females.
William Buckner
· 16 min read
Thinking Critically About Social Justice
By identifying the distorting effects power had on society’s beliefs and values, they believed they could achieve a more accurate picture of the world.
Uri Harris
· 12 min read
Why We Say 'Islamism' and Why We Should Stop
‘Islamism’ seems to offer the possibility of distinguishing Islam, the religion of over a billion Muslims, from the actions and ideas of violent movements that act in its name.
Blake Smith
· 7 min read
The Problem With Poland’s New Holocaust Law
This process of historical compression informs much of the debate about Poland’s new law.
John A. Litwinski
· 5 min read
Why Free Speech Matters
What’s at stake if both the legal protection and cultural environment sustaining free speech continues to deteriorate?
Jacob Mchangama
· 7 min read
Why Walls Work
Walls are potent political issues today because citizens of afflicted nations are suffering real costs from illegal mass migration.
George Gallatin
· 6 min read
“Hate Speech” Does Not Incite Hatred
The claim that “hate speech” causes hatred, and thereby causes violence, is superficially appealing, but the more one thinks about it, the less sense it makes.
Gordon Danning
· 6 min read
Defending Humanities Scholarship from its Defenders
It is an answer looking for a question, the opposite of an open and free search for true knowledge about human beings in the world through time.
Matthew Neufeld
· 4 min read
Nikola Tesla: The Extraordinary Life of a Modern Prometheus
The match for each, of course, is Tesla. Surprised? Most people have heard his name, but few know much about his place in modern science and technology.
Richard Gunderman
· 6 min read
In Memory of the Spanish Flu
The origins of the virus are disputed. Researchers have pointed to China, Austria and France.
Ben Sixsmith
· 7 min read
Get ‘Em While They’re Young
This negative definition is a handy one, as it doesn’t commit her to any specific doctrines that have actually been historically implemented and shown to have failed.
Oliver Waters
· 13 min read