The Eternally Radical Idea

“Dangerous Ideas” is a comprehensive, entertaining historical account of censorship in the West. But I have some reservations about its last chapter. Read more

The most important personal takeaway from Julia Galef’s excellent “The Scout Mindset" is that you do not, in fact, have to be self-deceived to be happy. Read more

These programs show a fundamental misunderstanding of the paths towards mental health, and a lack of interest in measuring their psychological effects. Read more

The University of Delaware played host to an aggressive thought-reform campaign in 2007. Did it end there? Read more

Ideological conformity and censorship at top education schools has created a cohort of politicized and evangelical K-12 teachers. Read more

"Twitter as meditative practice" may not be the absolute dumbest thing you've ever heard of. Read more

Given that students entering elite colleges around 2013 had “changing ideas about justice,” how did those ideas get to young people in the first place? Read more

Title IX still threatens free speech on campus. Read more

Censorship on campus isn't always as political as you expect. Read more

Instead of outright prohibiting speech, campuses have merely empowered bias response teams to act as de facto speech police. Read more