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As we move into 2025, we revisit our top five essays from 2024. Coming in at no. 1 is "The Left Has an Authoritarian Problem (but Doesn’t Know It)" by @LGConwayIII bit.ly/3PkzvEI
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An atheist and a born-again Christian walk into a bar to try to prevent a nuclear war. This might sound like the start of a classic joke, but it's the opening act of an amazing story featuring lawyer and Pitchstone author Richard Conn. bit.ly/4svXqDU
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Why can those on the Left so easily recognize misinformation on the Right but often fail to see it on their own side? Virtuous Nonsense brings together liberal contributors who not only see the problem but also want to fix it. Out now. @PsychRabble @omni_american @UtterlyModerate
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Why do so many Western progressives align with Islamist movements that reject the very values they claim to defend? In When Marx Meets Islam, @CraigCons delivers an unsparing critique of this strange alliance and dissects how it increasingly threatens liberal democracy. Out now.
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Out today in the US! Cynthia Burack’s How Gender Studies Broke the University. It’s a serious, accessible, evidence-based account of how gender-studies theories reshaped academic culture. I recommend it without reservation.
I narrated it.
amazon.com/How-Gender-Studie…
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@HPluckrose is back behind the mic! Have a quick listen to this short introductory clip from Social (In)justice, the reader-friendly remix of her classic Cynical Theories (with @ConceptualJames), out now as an audiobook!
For more from @AnitaBart, see her piece titled, "Is 'Antiracism' Worsening the K–12 Achievement Gap?"
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How is it that so many kids suddenly came to believe they'd been born in the wrong body? As liberal journalist @AnitaBart reveals in her new book Sacrificial Lambs, the answer lies with our most trusted institutions and the adults who run them. Out today! bit.ly/47q1M6F
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How is it that so many kids suddenly came to believe they'd been born in the wrong body? As liberal journalist @AnitaBart reveals in her new book Sacrificial Lambs, the answer lies with our most trusted institutions and the adults who run them. Out today! bit.ly/47q1M6F
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STATEMENT: President Trump may believe he has the power to revise the First Amendment with the stroke of a pen, but he doesn’t.
Flag burning as a form of political protest is protected by the First Amendment. That’s nothing new.
While people can be prosecuted for burning anything in a place they aren’t allowed to set fires, the government can’t prosecute protected expressive activity — even if many Americans, including the president, find it “uniquely offensive and provocative.”
You don’t have to like flag burning. You can condemn it, debate it, or hoist your own flag even higher.
The beauty of free speech is that you get to express your opinions, even if others don’t like what you have to say.
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Praise for SHE/HIM/US, by Lisa Bellot, MD: "The harrowing experience of a mom with a trans-identified daughter who knows that her daughter is not, in fact, trans. [It] is moving, engrossing, and captivating, and is bound to be a comfort and inspiration to many." —@LisaMarchiano
If you haven't been a target of an outrage mob, are you even living? Rock climber, designer, and founder @lesliesamkim shares how she became an accidental victim of cancel culture—and why personal transparency is the answer. bit.ly/4llmTLl
How does a pencil illustrate one of the key (nonpartisan) challenges -- and risks -- to government cuts? Dive into @Doc_Licon's piece on DOGE, Elon Musk, and the sorting problem: pressermag.com/spring-2025/d…
When law professor Jason Kilborn unfairly found himself in the crosshairs of his school’s DEI bureaucracy, he discovered how DEI manufactures grievance and degrades institutions. For this case study of madness, see @AnitaBart's must-read reporting: bit.ly/4hzorPH
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Political philosopher @JamieQRoberts casts a bit of light on the Intellectual Dark Web in his *new* book The Intellectual Dark Web: A History (and Possible Future). Out now! For a short excerpt, see: bit.ly/4210JWC
We have a must read for independent contractors: Women need freedom in the home office—not just the doctor’s office. Argues @thekimkavins, the freedom to choose self-employment is just as much a women’s rights issue as abortion. bit.ly/43uflA9
Political philosopher @JamieQRoberts shares how an academic publisher "cancelled" his book on the Intellectual Dark Web within weeks of its release in 2024 and writes how, months later, key IDW figures and ideas would sway the US presidential election.
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Forrest, an adult detransitioner, shares a letter he wrote to the mother of a child with rapid-onset gender dysphoria. He reveals how her words and support have helped give him hope and allowed him to reflect more on his own challenges. bit.ly/4gJjbZl
For anyone interested in the source of this passage, it's from the book Liberal Bullies: What Psychology Teaches Us about the Left's Authoritarian Problem—and How to Fix It by @LGConwayIII, an excerpt of which can be found here: pressermag.com/september-202…
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@PresserMag is republishing an excerpt from my 2023 book, Against the New Politics of Identity. Sadly, it proved prophetic, arguing the excesses of the identity Left could fuel the rise of the authoritarian Right. pressermag.com/february-2025…
Is ethics an invention or discovery? Does it even exist in this universe of ours? Ethics is peculiar and confusing, at least if one doesn’t see its biological origin. For more, see "The Cruciality Yet Failure of Moral Philosophy" by @MEDTempest bit.ly/42EYR83