Only Hacks Would Call Reason Writer Robby Soave A White Supremacist
For providing the benefit of his extensive research into white supremacy, and the alt-right, Robby Soave was called a ‘hate crime denier’ by Andy Campbell in Huffington Post.
How Our Classical School Responded To The Left’s Takeover Of Debate
There’s wildly anti-conservative bias in high school debate leagues. So we built our own more objective competition that can better serve students.
The Enlightenment Ideal Of Reason Has Absolutely Vindicated Itself
Enlightenment ideas have a long track record that shows the ideal of reason is not an illusion but a commonplace reality.
The Kavanaugh Hearings Are About Reason Versus Emotion
Evidence and logic are not what we heard about in most of the reactions to the Kavanaugh hearings. What we heard is how the testimony made people feel.
Why Reason Turned Into A Dead End For Enlightenment Philosophy
We are finite, contingent beings, and we must not presume that our reason is capable of transcending this to achieve a sort of God’s-eye view of reality.
Making The ‘Miracle’: Jonathan Mayhew And The Enlightenment In America
If you want to know how the American ‘miracle’ came to happen, start with 18th-century preacher Jonathan Mayhew, in the book ‘Father of Liberty.’
No, The Catholic Church’s Teaching Is Not To Blame For Its Sex Scandal
Abuse should not be covered up, and offending priests should be dismissed from the priesthood, of course, but the church’s teaching on sexuality is not the problem.
New Title IX Rules Could Restore Due Process On College Campuses
Robby Soave joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss Title IX, free speech, defining the public square, and the rise of the scooter.
The Catholic Church Is Losing Its War On Human Nature
The Catholic Church’s ‘pedophile priest’ scandal, which goes to the heart of the organization, is the wreckage of its doomed war on human nature.
How Dave Weigel Made A Career Of Highlighting The Right’s Kooks And Mainstreaming The Left’s
Weigel’s sycophancy for a left-wing loser is not the sort of opinion that used to land him in professional trouble. But his career arc is a window in American journalism and politics.
Why Religious People Should Treat Atheist Podcaster Sam Harris As A Valuable Adversary
In our time, the battle against nihilism looms larger than any squabble between rationalists like Sam Harris and the moderately religious.
For The Left, The Enlightenment Is Just Another Excuse To Cry ‘Racism’
Jamelle Bouie gives us a critique of the Enlightenment from the Left, and it’s exactly what you were expecting: another excuse to call everyone racist.
Let’s Cool The Philosophical Hot Takes On The Laurel Versus Yanny Audio Illusion
We can’t be content to view ‘Laurel Versus Yanny’ as a fun intellectual puzzle. No, somebody has to claim it proves everything is subjective.
The Parkland Shooting, And Why We Need To Put Reason Over Emotion
The response to the Parkland shooting shows why we always have to guard against relying on a purely emotional appeal instead of fact and logic.
What Blaise Pascal Saw In A November Night Of Fire That Inaugurated A Year Of Grace
Had the sickly mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal been expected to shift for himself more, would he have burned as brilliantly? Perhaps. But then again, perhaps not.
Podcast: Where Is The Line Between Free Speech And Violence?
Katherine Mangu-Ward talks free speech, hate speech, the demand to denounce Nazis, GMO foods, and more on the Federalist Radio Hour.
James Comey Has A Long History Of Questionable Obstruction Cases
From Martha Stewart to Frank Quattrone to Steven Hatfill, former FBI director James Comey has left a long trail of highly questionable obstruction of justice cases that he used to make a name for himself.
Why Does Reason Have More Sympathy For Sex Buyers Than For Underage Prostitutes?
Elizabeth Nolan Brown says the FBI is functioning as a ‘national vice squad,’ arresting more adults on charges stemming from prostitution activities than finding underage trafficking victims.
Trump’s Budget Is An Attack On The Bureaucratic State
The Trump blueprint is less of a budgeting document than a plan to begin rolling back some of the worst excesses of the bureaucratic state.
Why We Can’t Live Without Nonsense Like Poetry
Many people have a hard time finding the point of poetry, much less poetry that boasts of its nonsensical content; but poetry is the literature of compacted significance.
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