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The Science of Why Women Hate Sydney Sweeney
Intrasexual competition, guy’s gals, and the vulnerable young men the controversy overlooks.
 • William Costello
Cambridge Said Jason Arday Was an ‘Aberration.’ So Why Was This Shaky PhD Thesis He Approved Sealed Until 2031?
We obtained a Cambridge PhD thesis—one of questionable academic rigor—that Dr. Arday examined and that was put under a new, five-year embargo just after…
 • Benjamin Ryan and Colin Wright
Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me This About Data Centers?
If you’re worried about affordability, you should think twice before opposing data centers.
 • Taylor Trandahl
The Female Mantis Is Not a Femme Fatale
How one of nature’s most famous “facts” became a scientific myth.
 • Frederick R Prete
Restoring Psychological Nuance to Gender Medicine
Detransitioners’ stories challenge the activist premises that have shaped contemporary youth gender medicine.
 • Joe Figliolia

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Can the WNBA Define a Woman?
Two former NBA players declare themselves eligible for the league’s draft, forcing a reckoning over gender identity in women’s basketball.
 • Colin Wright
Throwing Like a Girl: Is Biology Allowed to Explain Anything?
Fausto-Sterling’s treatment of sex differences in throwing reveals how modern Blank Slate thinking survives by acknowledging biology in principle while…
 • Robert Deaner and Mike Lombardo
Steven Pinker’s ‘The Blank Slate’ Was a Warning We Ignored
The same intellectual habits that once denied innate differences in the mind now deny the material realities of the body.
 • Colin Wright
BREAKING: Male Senate Candidate Ashley Webb Says He Ovulates and Menstruates Through His Colon
The candidate’s Reddit history suggests a grasp of reality that is tenuous at best.
 • Colin Wright
The Three Costs of DEI
DEI has consumed resources, displaced productive work, and created years of costly clean-up.
 • James L. Nuzzo
Why Precision Sports Still Need a Female Category
Shooting and archery may appear like tests of pure skill, but the body still shapes the outcome.
 • Gregory Brown
They Know They’re Lying
The headlines are not sloppy; they are carefully worded to obscure the truth.
 • Colin Wright
How Many Girls on Testosterone Is Too Many?
A new Oregon study shows that pediatric gender transitions aren’t as rare as advocates of the “affirming” model assured us.
 • Colin Wright
Britain’s Study of Puberty Blockers Will Mostly Be a Pointless Waste
The study’s leaders have announced it will proceed after all. But absent a planned 2nd phase to study cross-sex hormones, the trial is likely to amount…
 • Benjamin Ryan
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The Science of Why Women Hate Sydney Sweeney
Intrasexual competition, guy’s gals, and the vulnerable young men the controversy overlooks.
 • William Costello
The Female Mantis Is Not a Femme Fatale
How one of nature’s most famous “facts” became a scientific myth.
 • Frederick R Prete
Restoring Psychological Nuance to Gender Medicine
Detransitioners’ stories challenge the activist premises that have shaped contemporary youth gender medicine.
 • Joe Figliolia
Throwing Like a Girl: Is Biology Allowed to Explain Anything?
Fausto-Sterling’s treatment of sex differences in throwing reveals how modern Blank Slate thinking survives by acknowledging biology in principle while…
 • Robert Deaner and Mike Lombardo
Steven Pinker’s ‘The Blank Slate’ Was a Warning We Ignored
The same intellectual habits that once denied innate differences in the mind now deny the material realities of the body.
 • Colin Wright
BREAKING: Male Senate Candidate Ashley Webb Says He Ovulates and Menstruates Through His Colon
The candidate’s Reddit history suggests a grasp of reality that is tenuous at best.
 • Colin Wright
Why Precision Sports Still Need a Female Category
Shooting and archery may appear like tests of pure skill, but the body still shapes the outcome.
 • Gregory Brown
Why Do Men Masturbate?
And why do they sometimes watch pornography when they do?
 • Joseph Burgo, Ph.D.

Religion

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One Reality, Two Sexes, and Endless Debates: A Conversation with Colin Wright
Evolutionary biologist Colin Wright discusses the science of biological sex and why a simple biological fact has become one of the most contentious…
 • Colin Wright
Is Islam Compatible With Western Values?
The problem is not prejudice, but the predictable clash of rival value systems.
 • Jowan Mahmod
Why Migration Activates Identity
Difference, not similarity, strengthens group identity.
 • Jowan Mahmod
Escaping the Dissident Right’s Resentment Trap
How the politics of resentment traps young men—and how both secular wisdom and Christianity can offer a pathway out.
 • Julian Adorney
Why Christians Must Reject the Woke Right’s Answer to Racism
White identity politics is not the antidote to DEI—and is incompatible with the teachings of Christ.
 • Julian Adorney
‘Christ Is King’ Is the Woke Right’s ‘Black Lives Matter’
What was once a phrase of religious affirmation has now become a tool for extremist groups seeking to advance exclusionary and, increasingly, openly…
 • Colin Wright
Atheism Did Not Cause Wokeism
If the decline of religion really did bring about wokeism, the last place we would expect it to arise is the United States.
 • Helen Pluckrose
Neo-Atheism’s Victory Was a Loss for Atheism
By dismissing religion’s positive aspects and creating a societal void, neo-atheism has inadvertently paved the way for activists to find meaning in…
 • Kushal

Free Speech

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Elon Musk Was Right About the ADL
A new study finds that the ADL’s DEI-style messaging provokes hostility instead of reducing antisemitism.
 • Colin Wright
Harvard, Trump, and the Battle Over Bias
Demanding viewpoint affirmative action is not the correct response to Harvard’s longstanding political bias.
 • Colin Wright
In Colorado, ‘Misgendering’ Your Kid Could Lose You Custody
A new bill would make not using a child’s preferred name or pronouns a factor in custody battles.
 • Colin Wright
I Hate Gender Ideology but I Don’t Hate Trans People
I don’t believe we can win this fight by demonizing an entire group of people. Nor do I want to win it that way.
 • Eva Kurilova
Biology Is Not Bigotry
The redefinition of a term with a long biological history can be seen only as an attempt to force ideology onto nature.
 • Jerry Coyne
The Women Who Wouldn’t Shut Up
A review of Susan Dalgety and Lucy Hunter Blackburn’s ‘The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht’
 • Ben Appel
Why Is the Liberal Order Eroding (And What Can We Do About It)?
If we’re going to preserve the freedoms we cherish, we must find the courage to stand up for our ideals.
 • Julian Adorney and Mark Johnson
What Is Cancel Culture? (Part 3 of 3)
Cancel culture can sometimes look like a social justice movement, but far more often it’s the opposite.
 • Julian Adorney
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