Psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman joins Nick Gillespie to discuss toxic identity politics, the rise of grievance-based thinking, and why true self-actualization requires moving beyond victimhood.
Some conservatives are embracing the very trends they once mocked—including victimhood, cancel culture, and even struggle sessions.
Combine moral zealotry with increasingly blurred lines between political speech and violence long enough, and the outcome is predictable.
Reflections on a theory behind Trump's 2016 and 2024 victories.
Hannah Hiatt isn't the first parent to face child welfare investigations sparked by an internet mob.
Shame on the LGBT activists who falsely insinuated that school choice must be anti-gay—and shame on the conservatives who act like it is.
An aging comedian wrestles with woke campus culture in the new season of the Max series.
The filmmakers who brought The Coddling of the American Mind to the big screen discuss the students whose stories inspired the film and the state of the media, Hollywood, and storytelling.
Libs of TikTok is blasting out screenshots of random people's offensive posts to her millions of followers in hopes of claiming their scalps.
My October 2023 posts on the roots of far-left support for Hamas and the reasons why some "cancellations" are justified remain sadly relevant.
From struggle sessions to cancel culture, the story depicts the terrors of surveillance authoritarianism.
An "uncompromising" journal cancels an essay for failing to say the right things.
Hasan Minhaj’s stand-up tests the boundaries of fact and fiction.
They should be heard, not shouted down.
Hasan Minhaj’s stand-up tests the boundaries of fact and fiction.
John Stossel and the English actress discuss their shared problem—and why they'd like to destigmatize stuttering.
DEI statements are political litmus tests.
"We don't quash this with censorship because that creates a worse underbelly," said Ramaswamy.
"Being a true free speech champion does require that you defend speech that even you disagree with," says libertarian Rikki Schlott.
“We've taught young people that any of their missteps or any of their heterodox opinions are grounds to tear them down. That's no way to grow up.”
“We've taught young people that any of their missteps or any of their heterodox opinions are grounds to tear them down. That's no way to grow up.”
Rikki Schlott and Greg Lukianoff discuss their new book, The Canceling of the American Mind.
Being against cancel culture requires consistency.
Whether a person deserves to be "cancelled" for saying awful things depends on the nature of what they said and the nature of their job.
This sets a dangerous precedent.
The Fox libertarian on why joking around is a vital form of free expression
Reason broke the story of activist Zyahna Bryant baselessly accusing a fellow student of racism. It's still wrong to cancel her.
UVA found "insufficient evidence" to conclude that Morgan Bettinger called protesters "good speed bumps." They punished her anyway.
In 2018, director James Gunn was fired from the film for gross tweets. But this comic book sequel shows the value of his gross-out sensibility.
Morgan Bettinger might sue the University of Virginia for violating her First Amendment rights.
Morgan Bettinger was accused on social media of telling protesters they would make good "speed bumps." It was more than a year before investigations cleared her.
What happens when anti-liberty zealots get the same powers?
James Madison University's debate team says that "free speech should not extend to requiring us to platform or amplify ideas that are exclusionary, discriminatory, or hostile."
Plus: did the editors sing Happy Birthday to Adam Smith?
Plus: did the editors sing Happy Birthday to Adam Smith?
A new survey from FIRE reveals rampant illiberalism and self-censorship among young faculty.
But DEI administrators' statements have always been pointless and generic
The mystery writer and cultural critic is an outspoken defender of free thinking and cultural appropriation.
Let Augustus Gloop be fat.
Companies who embrace political agendas to please some of their employees or customers risk alienating others.
"I think the Democratic Party has severely underestimated how many people like me there are," says the 1986 USA Gymnastics national champion.
The Vienna Green Party had demanded a scheduled performance of the reunited heavy metal band be canceled because of a 2016 incident in which singer Phil Anselmo threw out a Nazi salute.
"It's stories and songs and films cut apart and written over, leaving no trace and no remnant of whatever used to be," writes novelist and cultural critic Kat Rosenfield.
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