The Diversity Nominee

by Robert P. George

A Barrett nomination would drive a stake through the heart of what has aptly been described as “the last acceptable prejudice among American elites.” Continue Reading »

3 Jul 2018

Diversity and Meritocracy, Together

by R. R. Reno

Most of our elite universities have been rigorous about merit from their inceptions. What’s changed is what counts as merit. Continue Reading »

5 Apr 2018

Googling Moral Purity

by R. R. Reno

Google was not doing “the right thing” by firing software engineer James Damore. Continue Reading »

11 Aug 2017

From Greatness to Inclusivity

by Mark Bauerlein

When a humanities department selects its materials because they reflect identity groups, it no longer functions as a humanities department.
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14 Dec 2016

Progressive Homogenization

by Mark Bauerlein

While progressives are happy to recognize this or that identity, provided that doing so demonstrates their pluralistic instincts, in truth the divisions among these “aggrieved groups” only conduce to centralization. Continue Reading »

7 Dec 2016

The Past is a Foreign Country

by Carl R. Trueman

Tony Esolen's love of poetry reminds me of my own love of history, and of why both are important. Continue Reading »

7 Dec 2016

Who Are the Campus Custodians?

by Mark Bauerlein

In this regime that probes people’s minds for hidden assumptions, for biases concealed even from their holders, the custodians have an impossible task. Continue Reading »

8 Sep 2016

College Without Truth

by Molly Oshatz

Not long ago, I was an assistant professor of history at the most racially and ethnically diverse university in the country. There, diversity, equality, and inclusion took priority over all other goods. And it showed. My classrooms were full of students of different ­races, ethnicities, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2016

Coates's Lost Cause

by R. R. Reno

Between the World and Me has been received with great fanfare. It won the National Book Award in nonfiction for 2015, and its author, Ta-Nehisi Coates, was recently awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Grant. Our liberal establishment is aflutter, hailing Coates as his generation’s spokesman for . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2016

​The Real Role of Diversity

by R. R. Reno

Why campus leaders are so craven. Continue Reading »

31 Dec 2015