In a year or two, I will publish a collection of my essays. This one, “Great Islamic Thinkers Versus Islam,” will definitely be included. It was published in the Winter 2012 issue of “The Objective Standard” and it describes the achievements of many Arab and Persian physicians, mathematicians, astronomers, Aristotle scholars, and poets. The Golden […]

The Turks butchered between 1.0 and 1.5 million innocent Armenian civilians and, to this day, 109 years later, deny culpability. The Armenian Genocide was real and horrific. We must 1. Never forget and 2. embrace and promulgate the principle of inalienable individual rights. If we do both—and only if we do—can we ensure that such […]

I talk with of about how the left and Democrats lost rural voters, and how they can try to get them back.

We talk about the history of political realignments, the parallels to the fate of Republicans in the cities, why the left should spend less time appealing to college students with purple hair and more time on older black women, and how pursing a maximalist agenda can risk losing the bare minimum.

You can view the video of this conversation here.

Download audio: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/144238636/bd4b385972775605e650d993db36e77b.mp3

Jew hatred is the form of racism that never dies. This is because it sits at the intersection of collectivism and envy. If we see society in terms of groups, not individuals, and if we envy those who work hard to achieve education and career success, then Jew hatred is a necessary consequence. Instead, let […]

"These mixed results [on the outcomes of charters schools] might imply that advocates of school choice are overselling: charters (and private school vouchers) have positive effects in some cases, but they are far from a panacea.
    "That perspective, however, implicitly takes traditional public schools as the default and ignores a crucial consideration: many parents and students seem to value the choice that charters and vouchers provide, even when outcomes like test scores do not show obvious improvement.
    "So absent strong evidence that school choice has non‐​trivial negatives, shouldn’t more choice be the default?"

~ Jeffrey Miron + Jacob Winter, from their article 'Mixed Evidence on Charter Schools'