The Milei Miracle, Part III

I’m still riding high after Javier Milei’s political party won a landslide in last month’s mid-term elections in Argentina. And I’m very much hoping and expecting that gives him enough legislative support to enact big reforms next year to further liberate the Argentinian economy (tax reform, free trade, and labor market liberalization). But let’s take […]

The Milei Miracle, Part III

Bill Maher on how socialism is tainting the Democratic party

This week’s comedy-and-news segment of Bill Maher’s “Real Time” explains why the creeping socialism of Democrats is good—but for Republicans. who wil exploit it to the max in attack ads. (We now have a socialist mayor of both NYC and Seattle.)  Maher quotes Virginia’s new Democratic governor, Abigail Spanberger, saying that “If the party doesn’t…

Bill Maher on how socialism is tainting the Democratic party

COP30 Dispute Erupts over the Legal Definition of a Woman

One of the goals of the COP30 climate conference is helping women allegedly affected by climate change.

COP30 Dispute Erupts over the Legal Definition of a Woman

The erosion of medical journals

Of all the papers in the special issue of the Journal of Controversial Ideas on censorship in science, the one below is perhaps the most important, as the censorship being imposed can cause permanent damage to humans. I’ve described this censorship before: it involves papers on or critiques of extreme claims of gender ideologues, especially […]

The erosion of medical journals

Why it’s not stupid to criticize aspects of leftist ideology that pollute science

I’m getting tired of virtue-flaunting miscreants who yammer about our anthology The War on Science (Lawrence Krauss, ed.). Their beef?  By and large, the 32 chapters by 39 authors discuss the negative effects of woke ideology on science, effects that come largely from inside science: scientists themselves, journals, publishers, university programs, and so on.  And, […]

Why it’s not stupid to criticize aspects of leftist ideology that pollute science

Middle East ceasefire is widely celebrated – but Peters notes that the pro-Palestine protesters have been silent

Bob Edlin writes –  Come in Chloe and your fellow champions of Palestinian  statehood and tell us what you think of happenings in the Middle East in recent days.  There was widespread celebration – not only in Israel and Gaza but around the world – of news of a cease-fire and that the hostages taken […]

Middle East ceasefire is widely celebrated – but Peters notes that the pro-Palestine protesters have been silent

Ancient Wisdom vs Science

Robert Bartholomew writes: For millennia, indigenous cultures have accumulated a vast repository of information that has helped them to adapt and survive.  Prior to European contact, the Quechua of the Andes used quinine from the bark of the cinchona tree to treat fevers. It later proved to be the first effective treatment for malaria. Salicin from […]

Ancient Wisdom vs Science

The Green Party Calls for the Abolishment of Private Landlords in the United Kingdom

On Sunday, the Green Party in the United Kingdom voted to “abolish” private landlords in a move that reaffirms the…

The Green Party Calls for the Abolishment of Private Landlords in the United Kingdom

Carole Hooven in Tablet on binary sex

Dr. Hooven (“Carole” to me) has a new piece in Tablet (click headline below to read for free) explaining why all sensible biologists see sex as a binary defined by two (and only two) types of gametes. Perhaps you’ll already be familiar with some of her arguments in the article below (click to read), as […]

Carole Hooven in Tablet on binary sex

Against Cancel Culture

Cancel culture has emerged as one of the most prominent features of the digital age, celebrated by some as a form of grassroots justice but increasingly criticised as a destructive force. Far from fostering accountability, cancel culture corrodes civil discourse, punishes disproportionately, and undermines the very values of free expression and fairness it claims to […]

Against Cancel Culture

Scottish Police Arrest Serial Speaker: Elderly Woman Charged After Holding Sign Offering to Discuss Abortion

Rose Docherty is what they call a criminal recidivist in the United Kingdom. The 75-year-old woman has been arrested for a second time for the same fiendish act: offering to speak to women considering an abortion. She was arrested  outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for carrying a placard which stated “Coercion is […]

Scottish Police Arrest Serial Speaker: Elderly Woman Charged After Holding Sign Offering to Discuss Abortion

“Let Your Rage Fuel You”: Politicians and Pundits Embrace Rage Politics

Below is my column in the Hill on the rise of rage politics. There was barely a respite from the rage rhetoric after the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the sniper attack on the ICE facility. Gov. Gavin Newsom is back this week to calling his opponents “fascists” while other Democratic politicians are back to […]

“Let Your Rage Fuel You”: Politicians and Pundits Embrace Rage Politics

Richard Dawkins stirs up things again in the Torygraph

I have to say this about Richard: he is fearless.  Of course he’s in a position to say what he wants and not lose much, though he is sensitive to erosion of his reputation, but that won’t stop him from speaking out. And one thing he will not apologize for is the claim shown in […]

Richard Dawkins stirs up things again in the Torygraph

“Scientific truth must prevail”

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins is standing up for science against trans ideology: The slogan “trans women are women” is scientifically false and harms the rights of women, Richard Dawkins has said. In a new book, the evolutionary biologist warns that scientific truth must prevail over “personal feelings” and argues that academic institutions must defend facts above emotion. […]

“Scientific truth must prevail”

Samuelson on socialism

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