“One common red flag is the theistic argument that without God we would have no objective reference point for moral values. It implies that all moral judgements can be reduced to whether they please or offend God, the ultimate moral authority. This paternalistic view not only conflicts with the emancipatory spirit of secular liberalism: it […]

In the latest episode of Areo’s Two for Tea podcast, our editor Iona Italia talks to Claire Lehmann, editor-in-chief of Quillette about audience capture in the heterodox sphere, the decline of the IDW, Quillette’s many controversies, the importance of scientific thinking, the attacks from both right & left & the differences between politics and culture

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“Decades of social mobility research has come to the same conclusion: we are born into an economic caste system and our future success is largely determined by our parents’ income,” argues Robert F. Lynch for Areo Magazine. It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that

“‘It is always the ideas of secularism, libertarianism, internationalism, and solidarity that stand in need of reaffirmation.’ These principles may not be sufficient—but they are necessary. And that’s why Christopher Hitchens still matters.” Ralph Leonard review Matt Johnson’s book “How Christopher Hitchens Can Save the Left” for Areo. How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering

Critical Race Theory (CRT) originated in higher education, but its political relevance has become more than academic, especially in the United States. Although CRT sprung from legal scholarship, proponents have…View Post

“Most of the public debates about CRT involve examples that do not mention CRT by name, but seem influenced by similar thinking. It seems reasonable to include them in the discussion—especially given that, according to critical race theorists themselves, CRT represents a “framework” or “paradigm” for viewing society and is constantly evolving and being deliberately