Maverick Philosopher

First John Derbyshire, then Naomi Riley

John Fund in Censoring Naomi Riley comments on the latter's dismissal by the The Chronicle of Higher Education: Earlier this week, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the trade paper for faculty members and administrators in universiti...

More on Political Correctness

Jacques comments and I respond in blue: A few ideas about your recent post on defining political correctness. First, there's a questionable suppressed premise in the argument below:"To be politically correct, then, is to support the le...

Race Matters

For your holiday enjoyment: Victor Davis Hanson, The New Racial Derangement Syndrome John Derbyshire, White People are Pussies

Kevin Williamson and John Derbyshire

The Atlantic's firing of Kevin Williamson elicited howls of protest from National Review writers. But then I remembered Derbyshire's Defenestration of a few years ago. Methinks there should be less howling and more examination of consci...