Trigger warning: This post could potentially be triggering to anti-liberals. Short version: The solution to the New Infantilism on college campuses is to create distinct colleges that cater to the…
As Bernie Sanders laments, there are dozens of varieties of underarm deodorant, even though lots of people starve. We must not have our priorities straight. I don’t have time for…
One of the principal arguments against designer babies is that the rich would use this technology to give their children further advantages, but such technology would remain out of the…
Some people call the academic job market a “lottery”. For a random Ph.D. student in most fields, the chances of ever getting a TT job are low. The winners win…
The not-so-serious academic crowds aren’t big on data, reason, or arguments. But they’re fond of accusations. One of their favorite rhetorical tools is to say, “Oh, you just think that…
When high human and social capital parents read to their kids at night, they’re giving their kids yet another advantage in life over low human and social capital kids whose…