Do words have any meaning? Most people think so, which is why there is an endless debate about which words should be permitted by law, which should be a matter for the law, and which words should be ...
The Jewish-American scholar Saul Lieberman once quipped that “nonsense is nonsense, but the history of nonsense is scholarship.” Lieberman was referring to Kabbalistic mysticism, but the principle is ...
Australia does not want its most iconic symbols—the Opera House and Bondi Beach—to become emblems of hatred and violence. But ...
Cultural attitudes toward violence—or, in the case of many Asians, toward nonviolence—help explain why poverty alone doesn’t ...
The tech Right champions growth and discovery, while the populist Right stresses heritage and cultural values.
The University of Virginia drew national headlines last summer when its then-president, Jim Ryan, resigned in the face of a ...
States with full-time, well-paid legislators often fare poorly in independent studies measuring government effectiveness.
The University of Iowa’s new Center for Intellectual Freedom promises an end to left-wing ideological domination.
The clearest indicator of higher education’s decline is that fewer and fewer young people want to earn a bachelor’s degree.