Christina Sommers
Resident scholar, AEI. Former philosophy professor. Author of War Against Boys. Host of YouTube’s The Factual Feminist & co-host of weekly podcast @Femsplainers
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If it’s Not “Cancel Culture,” What Kind of Culture is it?
Another long week in the all-stick, no-carrot revolution
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Christina Sommers
“The effort to find traces of racism in Pinker’s massive bibliography of public statements recalled the way excited Christians periodically discover the face of Jesus in tree stumps or wall mold”
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A More Specific Letter on Justice and Open Debate
On Tuesday, 153 of the most prominent journalists, authors, and writers, including J. K. Rowling, Malcolm Gladwell, and David Brooks, published an open call for civility in Harper’s Magazine. They write, in the pages of a prominent magazine that’s...
CFI–Portland: New Campus Thought Police
CFI Portland and Freethinkers of PSU presents a panel discussion titled, “New Campus Thought Police” between political commentator and host of the Rubin Repo...
U.S. Weighs Early Vaccine Access for Minorities and Others at Risk
When a coronavirus vaccine hits the market, it will be a key tool in putting an end to the pandemic. A federal committee is debating who in the population should get it first.
Federal Court Rejects Trump Effort To Block Release Of Tax Returns
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Steven Pinker: They're trying to cancel me - The Post
Steven Pinker – world famous linguist, evolutionary psychologist and Harvard professor — is in the middle of a ‘cancellation’ attempt. It looks like he will survive it unscathed, but a group within the Linguistics Society of America have written an...
Science Must Fall?
Aggressive fallist from the "Shackville TRC" claims science must be "done away with entirely" and "start over again." HELP SAVE SCIENCE | Sign the Petition :...
The Reaction to the Harper's Letter on Cancel Culture Proves Why It Was Necessary
I was one of the 153 signers and am a veteran of the Twitter wars. But even I was taken aback by the swift, virulent response.
‘Cancel Culture’ Is How the Powerful Play Victim
A letter published in Harper’s mistakes critiques of the powerful for the silencing of free speech
Christina Sommers
🚨🚨🚨Activist/scold Jessica Valenti freaks out over Harper’s letter. Attacks Emily Yoffe,Bari Weiss, Olivia Nuzzi, JK Rowling & others (mainly women) as “eager to excuse their own bad behavior.” What happened to sisterhood? 🥶
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Princeton faculty petition threatens free speech, academic freedom
A petition at Princeton contains several “demands,” which stand in direct opposition to free speech, academic freedom, and freedom of conscience.
The Harper's free speech letter and controversy - Marginal REVOLUTION
Many of you have been asking for a more detailed account of what I think. Here is an NYT summary of the debate, in case you have been living under a rock. Of course I side with those who signed the letter, but I would add a few points. First, I...
Billionaire John Paulson rips elite Spence school for ‘anti-white indoctrination’
Paulson is claiming an “alarming pattern” of “anti-white indoctrination” in the ultra-elite Manhattan school's curriculum.
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Billionaire John Paulson rips elite Spence school for 'anti-white indoctrination' pagesix.com/2020/07/07/bil… via @pagesix
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Riot-Torn Twin Cities Are Already Forgotten
‘Black Lives Matter’ signs are everywhere, but minority businesses bear the brunt of violence.
N.Y.C. Schools, Nation’s Largest District, Will Not Fully Reopen in Fall
Classroom attendance in September will be limited to only one to three days a week in an effort to continue to curb the outbreak, the mayor said.
Criminal Injustice - The American Interest
While the excesses of American policing are magnified by racism, they are also independent of it—and almost all Americans share some responsibility for our excessively punitive culture.
Summer Taylor and Vanessa Guillen Are Victims of the American Death Cult
Their deaths are a reminder of how far we are from living up to the "unalienable right" to life.
Bars Are Easy. Schools Are Difficult.
Americans found out the hard way that education is essential infrastructure.