1. Academia is a highly right-wing place; leftism serves as an “expressive recompense” for that. 2. Academia is the gatekeeper of power and status. Leftism serves to temper the future…
Today on Facebook I read a comment from someone saying he hates America because so many Americans are apathetic about politics and current events. (He didn’t offer any comparative stats…
I have a new essay up at Niskanen on what elections, and confirmations, do and don’t settle.
I’ve got a new article up at Inside Higher Ed arguing that greater viewpoint diversity in academia would be good for both research and teaching. Here’s an excerpt: Viewpoint homogeneity…
A lot of people are now having quite a bit of fun at the expense of “Gender Studies,” “Fat Studies,” “Feminist Social Work,” and similar fields after the revelation that…
A couple of items at the Liberty Fund website that might be of interest to BHLers. This month’s “Liberty Matters” is on Marx, with the main essay by Virgil Storr,…