Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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in economics of education Tags: free speech, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Here we have a news piece (not an op-ed) from a recent Wall Street Journal, reporting that a high school in the Chicago-adjacent town of Evanston, Illinois, is offering voluntarily race-segregated classes as a way to achieve “equity”. These classes, called “affinity classes”, are of course optional, because mandated race-segregated classes are illegal. The claim […]
The double irony of classes voluntarily segregated by race
29 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of education Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Well, a paper criticizing the “woke” aspects of science has finally appeared in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, though peer-reviewed critiques of scientific censorship or ideological pressure have appeared in the Journal of Controversial Ideas (a push for judging science on merit rather than ideology), and in the Skeptical Inquirer (an explication of how evolutionary biology […]
Censorship in science: a new paper and analysis
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in liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Cass Sunstein has a lovely New York Times essay that tries to give us back the word “Liberal.” I hope it works. “Liberal” from “Libertas” means, at bottom, freedom. In the 19th century, “liberals” were devoted to personal, economic, and increasing social freedom from government restraint. “Conservatives” wanted to maintain aristocratic privileges, and government interventions in the traditional way…
Sunstein redefines “Liberal”
22 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
I hate writing the word “progressives” when I refer to people like AOC and her squad, and especially to people like Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, whom I see as regressives, hoping for some form of Islamism to infect America. But the “progressives” are also regressive in not adopting the values of classical liberalism, including…
Pamela Paul on the problem with “progressives”
15 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, sports economics Tags: political correctness, regressive left, sex discrimination
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in economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: constitution law, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
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in discrimination, economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: affirmative action, free speech, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, sex discrimination
Bari Weiss, head of the Free Press, just published this article on her website, but it appeared in Tablet, in identical form, a few days ago. You can click on the headline below to read it, or go here to see it on her site. As the subheader on her FP article says, “It’s not […]
Bari Weiss proposes ending DEI
06 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics, television, TV shows Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Bill Maher gets his usual shot in at the Republicans at the end of this little speech with which he wraps up his show, but that may not be earning him as many Brownie points with the US Left as it used to, because the rest of the speech is a brutal takedown of his […]
An Outpost of Western Civilisation
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in economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: Age of Enlightenment, political correctness, regressive left
The American Ornithological Society has issued a Diktat that all common bird names derived from a person’s name, or “eponyms,” are going to be discarded and replaced with descriptive names. The Latin binomials or “scientific names”, however, are not going to be changed. Below is the order from on high; click on headline below to […]
They’re going to change the common names of all birds named after people
04 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in economic history, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, Public Choice, television, TV shows Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: nanny state, political correctness, regressive left
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness From the Telegraph: NatWest is telling customers to stop eating meat and to drive electric cars after combing their accounts to calculate their carbon footprint. A “Carbon Footprint Tracker” on the bank’s mobile app uses the transaction data of customers and makes recommendations on how […]
NatWest combs customer accounts – and tells them to go vegetarian
03 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of education, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: Middle-East politics, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, war against terror
31 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of religion, law and economics, laws of war, liberalism, Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: free speech, Israel, Middle-East politics, political correctness, regressive left, war against terror
About ten days ago I had an hourlong conversation with Richard Dawkins for his Substack site, “The Poetry of Reality“. The video, from YouTube, is embedded below. As Richard says in his written introduction: We covered a myriad of controversial topics plaguing our world today: from the religious conflict in Gaza to modern-day struggles with […]
My conversation with Richard Dawkins
31 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, economics of religion, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left, war against terror
Nick Cohen wrote an article in the Spectator that’s paywalled for most of us, but thank Ceiling Cat he also published it on his Substack site, “Writing from London.” It was originally called “Why the far Left supports Hamas“, but the title was changed when the piece moved to Substack. The original title was more…
Nick Cohen on the embrace of Islamism by the “progressive” Left
29 Oct 2023 1 Comment
in economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
The University of California at Davis is embroiled in a controversy involving one of its faculty threatening “zionist journalists” in a violent tirade on X. UC Davis Professor (and undergraduate adviser) Jemma Decristo posted the screed on October 10th referencing the homes and family of those who support Israel as possible targets. The university is […]
University of California Professor Threatens Pro-Israel Journalists and Their Families
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