Trump, SOTU, and Technology Policy
The bitterest opposition to high-tech visa programs comes from workaday programmers and engineers in California, not ideologues in Washington.
Science & Tech
Rage against the Machines?
Smash the smartphone in your own hand? Go ahead, but let’s not lobby Congress just yet.
Abortion, Infanticide, and the Doctrine of Double Effect
Many people prefer to be illogical on the issue of abortion because it suits them.
Another Replication Failure: ‘Stereotype Threat’ Is Probably Empty
It’s another reminder that 'I’ll wait for the replication' is a healthy reaction to any new study from the world of social psychology.
The Sinister Creep of Gender-Identity Ideology
Honest inquiry into the causes of gender dysphoria is being demonized.
Bipartisan Women’s Rights Groups Protest the Equality Act
This new act is likely to pass, and bodes more harm than good for women and children.
Heart-Harvesting Euthanasia Promoted in Transplant Journal
May the public never be ready to accept doctors' taking a living patient into a surgical suite, anesthetizing him, and then harvesting his beating heart.
Twitter Doesn’t Kill Our Civic Life . . .
People do.
The Successful, Dangerous Child Sex-Change Charity
It enjoys financial support from the British government—and political support from one daft congresswoman.
Authority Figures
I do not believe that lawyers and novelists have anything to contribute to our knowledge of evolution, and I have not seen any evidence that they do.