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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.
Oct 28
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Colin Wright
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‘No Enemies to My Right’ Is Right-Wing Moral Relativism
The “no enemies to my right” ethos is the conservative mirror image of queer theory’s war on norms.
Oct 25
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Julian Adorney
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BREAKING: Federal Court Rejects Biden-Era Redefinition of Sex
The ruling could reshape the national debate over “gender-affirming care” and the reach of federal civil-rights law.
Oct 23
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Colin Wright
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First-Cousin Marriage Is Bad, Even When Muslims Do It
In defending first-cousin marriage for UK Muslim communities, the NHS chooses to prioritize politics over public health.
Oct 21
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Colin Wright
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Chiles v. Salazar: a Defining Test for the First Amendment
Can Colorado ban treatment that helps kids overcome gender dysphoria?
Oct 15
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Colin Wright
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‘Puppygirls’ and the Collapse of Academia
A new paper treats men role-playing as female dogs as a new form of transgender identity that demands affirmation.
Oct 1
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Colin Wright
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Nancy Armour Ignores The Simple Truth That ‘Transwomen’ Are Male
Armour misleads USA Today readers by ignoring published critiques that exposed serious flaws in the IOC’s favored research.
Sep 30
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Gregory Brown
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Sociology Journals Are Normalizing the Sexualization of Children
A new peer-reviewed paper argues childhood innocence is a “colonial fiction” and urges us to see children as sexual beings.
Sep 24
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Colin Wright
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The Dangerous Push to ‘Decolonize’ and ‘Indigenize’ Nursing
Patients will pay the price when evidence-based nursing practices are replaced with mystical rituals.
Sep 23
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Colin Wright
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Charlie Kirk’s Murder and the Permission Structures Fueling Political Violence
When peaceful change is dismissed as futile, violence presents itself as the only option.
Sep 11
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Julian Adorney
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How Activists Weaponize America’s Science Illiteracy
The sex binary is not oversimplified ‘high school biology,’ it’s the foundation upon which all higher-level biology rests.
Sep 4
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Gregory Brown
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The Woke Gospel of Learned Helplessness
How Social Justice Fundamentalism strips people of agency and convinces them their lives are beyond their control.
Sep 3
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Julian Adorney
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Agustín Fuentes’ Book ‘Sex is a Spectrum’ Fails to Refute the Binary
Fuentes’ confused arguments against the sex binary ironically end up confirming it.
Sep 2
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Tomas Bogardus
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Lessons from the Tragedy in Minneapolis
Pseudoscience, medical lies, and apocalyptic messaging around transgender identity provide a script for justifying violence.
Aug 30
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Colin Wright
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Sex Is Not a Spectrum
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Imane Khelif Launches Hyper-Feminizing PR Campaign as a Distraction
Aug 16, 2024
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Fact vs Fiction: Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Is Male and Should Not Be Allowed To Fight Women
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First-Cousin Marriage Is Bad, Even When Muslims Do It
In defending first-cousin marriage for UK Muslim communities, the NHS chooses to prioritize politics over public health.
Oct 21
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Colin Wright
109
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Nancy Armour Ignores The Simple Truth That ‘Transwomen’ Are Male
Armour misleads USA Today readers by ignoring published critiques that exposed serious flaws in the IOC’s favored research.
Sep 30
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Gregory Brown
106
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The Dangerous Push to ‘Decolonize’ and ‘Indigenize’ Nursing
Patients will pay the price when evidence-based nursing practices are replaced with mystical rituals.
Sep 23
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Colin Wright
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How Activists Weaponize America’s Science Illiteracy
The sex binary is not oversimplified ‘high school biology,’ it’s the foundation upon which all higher-level biology rests.
Sep 4
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Gregory Brown
110
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Agustín Fuentes’ Book ‘Sex is a Spectrum’ Fails to Refute the Binary
Fuentes’ confused arguments against the sex binary ironically end up confirming it.
Sep 2
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Tomas Bogardus
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Why World Athletics Is Right to Use the SRY Gene Test
The scientist who discovered the SRY gene denounced its use in sports sex testing. Here’s why he’s wrong.
Aug 6
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Colin Wright
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This Data Flips the Transgender Bullying Narrative on Its Head
A massive study finds that trans-identifying teens, especially those who identify as ‘nonbinary,’ are more likely to bully others than be bullied.
Jul 24
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Colin Wright
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The Long-Term Harms Are No Longer Theoretical
A new review uncovers serious health risks linked to estrogen “therapy” in males.
Jun 26
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Colin Wright
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Religion
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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.
May 21
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Julian Adorney
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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.
May 8
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Julian Adorney
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‘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…
Mar 17
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Colin Wright
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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.
Aug 20, 2024
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Helen Pluckrose
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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…
Aug 19, 2024
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Kushal
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Republicans Support Indoctrination in Public Schools After All
Republicans are hypocritically supporting the mandatory display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.
Jun 25, 2024
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Brad Polumbo
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The Navajo Nation’s Spiritual Battle for the Moon
It’s time for the US government to stop its unconstitutional preference for Native American religion.
Jan 20, 2024
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Elizabeth Weiss
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Destroying a Satanic Display Goes Against America’s Founding Principles
Liberal, secular democracies cannot afford to accommodate extremists’ notions of heresy or blasphemy if they want to remain liberal, secular…
Jan 4, 2024
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Helen Pluckrose
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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.
Oct 28
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Colin Wright
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Harvard, Trump, and the Battle Over Bias
Demanding viewpoint affirmative action is not the correct response to Harvard’s longstanding political bias.
Apr 16
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Colin Wright
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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.
Apr 9
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Colin Wright
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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.
Jan 21
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Eva Kurilova
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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.
Dec 30, 2024
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Jerry Coyne
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The Women Who Wouldn’t Shut Up
A review of Susan Dalgety and Lucy Hunter Blackburn’s ‘The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht’
Nov 19, 2024
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Ben Appel
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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.
Jun 10, 2024
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Julian Adorney
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Mark Johnson
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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.
May 4, 2024
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Julian Adorney
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