Features Donald Trump and the Death of an American Regime Posted on January 29, 2017November 11, 20177 commentsbyJames A. Lindsay I think I finally understand why Clinton lost in November. It’s not Comey or the relentless GOP propaganda campaign against her over the last twenty years, though those mattered immensely.… View Post
View Post 5 min Culture & Media Politics Trump’s “Muslim Ban” Shows He Hasn’t Got a Clue on Terrorism Posted on January 28, 2017September 9, 2017One commentbyLucas Lynch When most Presidents take office, we are disappointed and angry about the things they promise and don’t deliver. In the case of Donald Trump, after just one week, we are… View Post
View Post 6 min Features The Trouble with Linda Sarsour Posted on January 27, 2017September 9, 201719 commentsbyMalhar Mali Imagine I believed these things: A conservative religious law is “only misunderstood,” so we shouldn’t worry about the millions living under it in abject oppression due to their homosexuality, lack… View Post
View Post 11 min Politics Moderates in the Extreme: The Islamist Spectrum and its Challenge for Liberal Democracy Posted on January 24, 2017September 9, 20173 commentsbyAR Devine One day in 2011 when I was living in Manchester, I encountered a Christian fundamentalist standing on Market Street wearing a sandwich board that expressed some of the fundamentals of… View Post
View Post 12 min Features Gad Saad on Hysteria and “Collective Munchausen” around Donald Trump, Speaking Out as an Academic, and Evolutionary Psychology 101 Posted on January 23, 2017September 9, 201721 commentsbyMalhar Mali “As somebody who escaped Lebanon and actually hid under desks to avoid death squads, I don’t take well to these idiots from Wellesley College who say, ‘I’m scared to go and buy… View Post
View Post 6 min Politics Enemy of My Enemy: The Importance of Avoiding Alt-Right Conspiracy Theorists Posted on January 22, 2017January 23, 2017One commentbyMalhar Mali | by Wyatt Harding | As our culture wars rage on, a vast array of socio-political ideologies are emerging as traditional boundaries of thought are becoming increasingly fractured. An entire… View Post
View Post 11 min Politics Faisal Al Mutar on Media Bubbles, the Two Faces of Al Jazeera, and Nuance Posted on January 19, 2017September 13, 201712 commentsbyMalhar Mali Faisal Al Mutar is a secular and human rights activist who was awarded The President’s Volunteer Service Award, Gold, from the Obama Administration in 2016. He’s experienced life under Saddam Hussein and… View Post
View Post 20 min Culture & Media Science & Tech Evolutionary Psychology in the Humanities: Shakespeare’s Othello Posted on January 19, 2017September 21, 2017One commentbyHelen Pluckrose “We believe that works of art are shaped by our evolved human nature, by culture and by individual experience. We therefore distinguish ourselves from cultural constructivists who effectively give exclusive… View Post
View Post 4 min Politics Cologne, Germany, and the Year Tradition Made a Comeback Posted on January 18, 2017October 17, 2017One commentbySumantra Maitra On New Years Eve, for the first time in recent history, Germans acted efficiently and confidently with at least a semblance of a plan as they checked and methodically dispersed… View Post
View Post 4 min Culture & Media Politics Why Are So Many Republicans Cozying up to Russia? Posted on January 13, 2017August 25, 2017No commentsbyAhnaf Kalam Sean Hannity’s interview with Julian Assange has only added to the already flooded mainstream media headlines of Russia’s alleged interference with the US election. From the safety of the Ecuadorian… View Post
View Post 5 min Culture & Media @RealPeerReview: Their Thoughts and Qualms with Academia Posted on January 10, 2017April 15, 20184 commentsbyMalhar Mali Run by an anonymous team of professors and academics, @RealPeerReview is a Twitter account that has steadily gained popularity and fans by exposing the humorous, nonsensical, and absurd trends in scholarship that are sometimes… View Post
View Post 10 min Politics From Marx to Migration: Debating Identity Politics in the West Posted on January 9, 2017August 25, 20172 commentsbySumantra Maitra Here’s what happened recently: Lily Allen, apparently a singer, went to the notorious migrant town of Calais in France, found a strapping lad, and somewhat preemptively apologized on behalf of… View Post
View Post 10 min Features Remembering Charlie Hebdo (and Defending Offensive Jokes) Posted on January 7, 2017January 7, 20185 commentsbyMalhar Mali Two years ago, two gunmen entered the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine known for unashamedly lampooning religions, politicians, and famous figures, and demanded, “Where is Charb? Where is… View Post
View Post 14 min Politics In the Shadow of the Kingdom Posted on January 6, 2017September 11, 20172 commentsbyAndy Ngo “Even if you change my name, I’m afraid they’ll find out who I am,” Mutab said as he attempted to calm himself by drinking his favorite Arabic tea, Alwazah, or… View Post
View Post 7 min Politics Understanding Syria: Julie Lenarz Explains Posted on January 5, 2017August 26, 2017One commentbyMalhar Mali Perhaps no situation is currently more volatile than the one in Syria. Commenting on it is another matter: open your mouth to make a statement in the wrong company and before… View Post