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Postmodernism: The Idea That Ate Itself
How the West's intellectual immune system became the disease.
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Why Academic Writing Sounds Like Hell
Words that mean things sound dumb to a room full of critical theorists.
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The War on Stigma
How we're losing the social instincts that hold a society together.
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When Political Violence Feels Like Virtue
On the difference between hating politicians and wanting them dead.
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Celebrity Activists Are Dangerous Morons
When the stupidest people in the room have the biggest microphones.
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Of Course Some Cultures Are Better Than Others
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Why the Left Needs Monsters
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Political Islam and the Walking Dead
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The Guardian Class Discovers Iran
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Skewering the absurdities of our age. Making sense of the ideas behind them.
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Islamophobia: A Word for Cowards
It protects Islam from criticism and Muslims from nobody.
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Why the Left Needs Monsters
How the myth of kindness creates its own enemies.
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Dear America, Please Invade Britain
We know you're busy, but consider this modest proposal.
Mar 17
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The Terrible Idea That Will Not Die
Malthusianism and the population panic that never goes away.
Mar 15
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John Cleese and the Death of Satire
Why an 86-year-old comedian is still doing the job that younger comedians won’t.
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Political Islam and the Walking Dead
On what's eating liberal democracy from the inside.
Mar 8
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On the Pleasures of Hating
Plus: a strange obituary, a propagandist and an idiot.
Mar 4
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The Guardian Class Discovers Iran
Pity they didn’t spare a thought for the victims of clerical fascism.
Mar 1
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Leftists, Islamists, and Other Spoiled Children
The coalition makes no sense. Until you look at the psychology.
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Five Progressive Types Behind the Racket
And why progressive orthodoxy runs on incentives, not ideas.
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We Broke Sex and Called it Progress
A brief thought experiment on the sexual revolution.
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How to Think Clearly When Institutions Are Lying to You
Three questions for clear thinking in an age of confusion.
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