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Video: Factual Feminist Is Macro-annoyed with Microaggression Theory 0
- Culture
- May 26, 2017
As if there were not enough real aggression in the world, the hothouse climate of American universities has bred infestations of “microaggression”. This noxious weed is causing countless students and staff to break out in a rash of indignation and hurt feelings, and is spreading rapidly through society. The remedy seems to be to bring
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Yet More Proof That Academic Publishing Has Become a Scam 1
- Education
- May 25, 2017
Last year, a piece I did titled “Why Professors Are Writing Crap That Nobody Reads” generated some attention. In it, I pointed out what is commonly known among university professors today, namely, that most of the “peer-reviewed” essays and books they write are read by an extremely small handful of people (like 5-10, half of
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Philosophy is Lost in the Dark 0
- Education
- May 25, 2017
“It’s all in Plato, all in Plato: bless me, what do they teach them at these schools!” C.S. Lewis’ character Professor Digory Kirke calls to light an increasingly detrimental error concerning education in the modern era. The Great Western Tradition and the permanent ideas about education that flow out of it are grounded in a
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What is Terrorism? What do Terrorists Even Want?0
- Education
- May 25, 2017
Editor’s note: The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack at the Manchester Arena that claimed at least 22 lives and hospitalized 59 more people. One victim was just eight years old. The mayor of Manchester called the attack “an evil act.” Because the media often sensationalizes terrorism and authorities tend to oversimplify it,
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Solzhenitsyn on Russia and the West 0
- History
- May 25, 2017
In 1998 I had the inestimable pleasure and honour of interviewing Alexander Solzhenitsyn at his home outside Moscow. As I traveled to Russia I had no idea why he should have granted me an exclusive interview when he had shunned the advances of Western writers much more accomplished and better known. He had a reputation
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Comedian Provides Good Reminder That We Are More Than Our Jobs 0
- Culture
- May 25, 2017
In today’s society, many people tie their identities primarily to their jobs. They are what they do. After all, that’s what our schools have taught us to be. The stated goal of America’s education system is to make students “college- and career-ready.” It’s quite the reversal from Western education’s classical roots. As historian Henri Marrou
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