Book Reviews

The Identity Trap

Yascha Mounk gives a history of the ideas underlying identity politics and a story of how identity politics took over American culture, before arguing…

Apr 21, 2024 •

The Myth of Left and Right

Hyrum and Verlan Lewis argue that construing viewpoints as “left-wing” or “right-wing” is based on false premises, and that the left-right dichotomy…

Oct 1, 2023 •

Kwame Anthony Appiah's Criticism of “Cultural Appropriation” Criticism

Appiah argues that “cultural appropriation” is based on a mistaken mental model of what “culture” denotes and that there are other, better criticisms.

Jan 26, 2022 •

Margaret Sanger on Abortion in Her Own Words

Birth control pioneer and Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger felt that abortion was “taking life” and had the explicit goal of ending the use of…

Nov 11, 2018 •

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