Feb 25, 20237 min readHow to rebuild the left[Published in Dissident Voice.] One might as well state the matter clearly: given the realities of global warming, rampant environmental...
Jun 1, 202224 min readCritical thoughts on feminism and social constructionismOn various pages of this website and blog I've criticized some of the dogmas of feminism, for instance the social constructionist dogmas...
Jul 9, 20219 min readThe truth about genderSome months ago I saw Richard Dawkins recommend on Twitter a new book called The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and...
Sep 1, 20205 min readBiology and destiny[Notes from ten years ago.] I’m amazed at the extent of our culture’s cult of secrecy in matters of the body. Even in this age, people...
Jun 6, 202016 min readRambling reflections on Camille PagliaI've been reading Camille Paglia's collection of essays Sex, Art, and American Culture (1992). I disagree with a lot of Paglia's...
Jul 27, 20195 min readOn the fight against misogynyAs a leftist, "I wish we could all just get along." Wouldn't that be nice? Maybe it would get boring pretty quickly. But a little less...
Jul 24, 201919 min readA little misanthropy can be a healthy thingThis is from a letter Sigmund Freud wrote to his pastor friend Oskar Pfister: I do not break my head very much about good and evil, but I...
Jul 19, 20197 min readA plea for honesty in discussions of sex and genderA recent article of mine, called "Political Correctness Is Getting Out of Hand," elicited some angry emails. Not from people who...