Mapping a Digital Dystopia
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May 1, 2022June 8, 2022Reviews

Mapping a Digital Dystopia

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In Atlas of AI, Kate Crawford explores the many ways our social structures are disturbingly affected by the rise of technocracy, from the environment to the workplace to corporate and governmental surveillance and data collection.

The Gay Takeover of American Conservatism
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March 24, 2022June 1, 2022Web

The Gay Takeover of American Conservatism

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“The only way the gay rights movement can succeed in making society accept homosexuality as natural, normal, moral, and healthy is to first de-Christianize that society … and they are making headway.” That was the warning of paleoconservative commentator Pat Buchanan in his 2001 book, The Death of the West. His point was clear: there could...

South Africa’s Fortresses of Fear
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March 1, 2022May 8, 2022Correspondence

South Africa’s Fortresses of Fear

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Leonard Pillay’s 9mm pistol hasn’t left his side since July 9 of last year. “Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration,” the middle-aged mechanic admitted in an interview. “I haven’t got it on me when I sleep. But I promise you, it’s never far away. Never.”   Pillay lives in a small house in Phoenix,...

Genes vs. Culture
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March 1, 2022May 8, 2022View

Genes vs. Culture

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In the current American definition of democracy, all adult citizens should have the right to vote and otherwise participate in politics. Earlier exclusions of women or nonwhites have been disallowed. Similar rules are supposed to apply to preferred positions in civil society. In a meritocracy, it has been believed until recently, individual capability should count...

Abortion Letters
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March 1, 2022May 8, 2022Polemics & Exchanges

Abortion Letters

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I would like to add three comments about Chronicles Editor Paul Gottfried’s acute analysis of America’s historical conflicts over abortion (“Feminism Left and Right Drove America’s Permissive Abortion Laws” January 2022 Chronicles).    First, as I have documented in numerous publications, while I would never discount the influence of the women’s rights movement of the...

Reader Letters: Diversity as a Weakness | Professor Janowski replies: | The Feminized Force | Tyrannical Tariffs
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February 1, 2022July 27, 2022Reviews

Reader Letters: Diversity as a Weakness | Professor Janowski replies: | The Feminized Force | Tyrannical Tariffs

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Professor Zbigniew Janowski, in his essay “Equality’s Third Wave,” (January 2022 Chronicles) has hit the nail on the head. Equality isn’t good enough, but equity and diversity should prevail. Quality and merit are gone; second-rate is now good enough. We have watered down our core values to the lowest common denominator! —Lynn Paskow Savits Aventura,...

Equality’s Third Wave
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January 1, 2022July 26, 2022View

Equality’s Third Wave

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Equality is a fussy concept. Outside the realm of the legal system, which demands that law be applied the same way regardless of sex, race, or religion, the area of equality’s application has always been controversial. Essential questions remain unanswered: In what circumstances should we limit inequality? Can or should it be abolished?   In...