The Flat Earth Movement and the Problem with Scepticism
In May 2018, three men went on the British ITV programme This Morning to explain why they believed the earth was flat. “I think it’s right to be sceptical about…
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Masochistic Nationalism by Göran Adamson. Review.
The Swedish sociologist Göran Adamson’s latest book, Masochistic Nationalism: Multicultural Self-Hatred and the Infatuation with the Exotic (2021), identifies two forms of nationalism in contemporary society (white supremacist and anti-white)…
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Sensitive Masters and Wheelchair Accessible Torture Chambers: Dungeons & Dragons in the Culture War Era
In recent years, the culture wars have come for roleplaying games such as Dungeons and Dragons. Role-playing communities are split on whether their game platforms are becoming what is often…
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To Save Science, Slash the Number of PhDs
What does the education of a scientist involve? Innovation, trailblazing—a chance to join the ranks of other visionaries intent on breaking barriers? It’s an enticing image. A look at how…
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The Cuban Uprising
In The Bridge at Andau, a brilliant 1957 book that should be more widely read today, James Michener documents the exodus of Hungarians into Austria after their 1956 insurrection against Russian…
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Fighting Critical Race Theory in Schools
The fight is on in the United States over a series of illiberal practices coming out of the Critical Social Justice (CSJ) movement. On one side of this fight are…
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Why Slowing Down is the Key to Creativity
In Leisure: The Basis of Culture, philosopher Josef Pieper warns that society is drifting dangerously close to a state of what he calls total work—moving at an increasingly frenetic pace…
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Muslims Against Gay Rights: The Battle for Batley and Spen
From the overt intimidation of schoolteachers to the heckling and egg-pelting of politicians, the recent chaotic by-election campaign in the UK parliamentary constituency of Batley and Spen has laid bare…
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Against the New Irish Hate Speech Bill
To the Irish Justice Ministry George Orwell once wrote that, “If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”…
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Surveillance Capitalism and Its Challenges to Libertarianism
In the nineteenth century, as British settlers poured into colonial Delhi, many complained about the venomous cobras that roamed the streets. In response, the British government began a programme of…
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Where’s My Jetpack! How Future-Oriented Thinking Could Revolutionise Tourism
In Where’s My Jetpack?, Daniel H. Wilson takes a satirical look at the futuristic technologies that science fiction has optimistically imagined, but that have thus far not been invented, such…
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Child Marriage in the UK
Former Home Secretary Sajid Javid has recently introduced a private member’s bill that would raise the minimum age of marriage to 18 in England and Wales, with no exceptions. The…
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The Mathematics of Twitter Mobs
Twitter is not real life, but, since it was launched in 2006, the platform’s influence has steadily spread. The platform now boasts 330 million active users worldwide. That sounds like…
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The Plight of Those Imprisoned Under IPP Sentences
As civilisation has moved forward, the methods of dispensing justice have grown more enlightened. The state no longer burns heretics at the stake or sentences thieves to the stocks. However,…
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When the Village Is Too Expensive to Raise the Child
The debate about how best to raise children has long centred on the pros and cons of different family structures. Many conservatives believe that the nuclear family is the best…
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Good News Is No News
How many upbeat articles have you come across since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged? Not many, probably. While the pandemic hasn’t exactly been a cheerful time, consider what should have been…
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Heidegger’s Philosophy and Fascism
Heidegger was one of the intellectual heroes of my youth. Although his prose was infuriatingly convoluted, there was something electrifying about the mysteries the book promised to answer: What is…
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Culture Wars in a Galaxy Very, Very Nearby
Since the 1977 cinema premiere of A New Hope, the Star Wars franchise has left an indelible mark on popular culture across the globe. It’s attracted a following comparable only…
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