Talking Politics at the Family Dinner Table
Every four seconds, an idealistic adolescent in North America screams at their parents for not being woke. Although this statistic is entirely made up, I’ve heard enough personal anecdotes to…
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The Politics of Natural Ability
There has recently been a considerable amount of attention and controversy surrounding proposed differences in the natural talents of social groups. Most, though not all, of these claims tend to…
Are Academics Cowards? The Grip of Grievance Studies and the Sunk Costs of Academic Pursuit
There is much that should be said about the ways in which the dominant Social Justice ideology has negative impacts upon the university, free expression, academic freedom and, especially, the…
Why Multiculturalism Is Not at Odds with Integration: A Response to Ambrosch
I am rarely disappointed when reading Areo essays, so Gerfried Ambrosch’s recently published “Making Sense of Immigration: Why Multiculturalism Is at Odds with Integration,” left me feeling not only frustrated,…
The Future of the Intellectual Dark Web
The Intellectual Dark Web—loosely defined as the group of public intellectuals coalescing around issues of freedom of speech in the context of left-wing political correctness on American campuses—is one of…
Manchester City, Abraham Lincoln & True Sublime Heroism
Brazennose street in Manchester, an innocuous thoroughfare linking Albert Square and Deansgate, is home to a little known piece of Lancastrian history. There resides an unlikely but imposing four-meter-high bronze…
MDMA: The Cure for Sophistry?
Of late, the radical Left’s raids on rationality have increased in both frequency and potency. Scarcely any proponents for reason find themselves outside the blast radius. Fallacious hit pieces and…
Testing the Limits of Universalism in Science
Science traditionally aspires to be universal in two respects. First, it seeks fundamental knowledge—facts which are universally true. Second, it aims to be impersonal in practice; identity should be irrelevant…
Getting Triggered at a White Privilege Conference
“White. Male. Cis. Straight. Rich. Citizen. Christian. Able-bodied. Educated.” The young white woman at the front of the classroom listed off the traits she claims can shield you from oppression.…
Making Sense of Immigration: Why Multiculturalism Is at Odds with Integration
When it comes to immigration, we are, essentially, faced with two conflicting options: multiculturalism and integration.
The Power of Trump Nostalgia
“I’m not sure which is more damning: the emptiness of his happy-talk campaign or the cynicism that it implies,” Democratic nominee Walter Mondale said of President Ronald Reagan seven weeks…
Humanity or Sovereignty? Potentialism, A Road Map For the Twenty-First Century
Political systems, as much as practically possible, should allow human beings to develop their potential.—Lyndon Storey This statement is hardly controversial. You would struggle to find anyone who wanted to…
Rawls’ Veil of Ignorance and the Liberal Case for Equality
The political left—and egalitarian projects more generally—are widely associated with identity politics and what is sometime caricatured as the philosophy of postmodern neo-Marxism. Pundits and commentators from all parts…
How Would They Want to Go? The Need for Ethical Consistency in Butchery
As long as there are vegetarians and vegans around, the fact that slaughterhouses exist will always be a mark against anyone who chooses to sell meat. An old-fashioned meat pie…
Tackling Misdirected Blame—Disavowing All Forms of Anti-Semitism
It’s been almost two weeks since it happened. The US has had a midterm election. We’ve cast our votes in the hopes of a better future. We continue to grieve…
Britain’s Social Media Problem
For people under the impression that the UK takes its civil liberties seriously, the past two years’ parliamentary debates around social media make for a frightening read. A recent spate…
Did the Enlightenment Endorse Slavery?
The counter-Enlightenment is alive and well. Students of the Enlightenment are often confronted by more or less crude defamations of it. Sometimes it is caricatured by postmodernists (ignorant of the…
Why Political Correctness Is Self-Defeating
We generally think of critiquing political correctness as a conservative talking point. This is a grave mistake. There is much to dislike about haughty individuals telling us what to think,…
