How safetyism killed playtime

There’s a certain type of British festival, where middle-class, middle-aged parents relive the glory days with their children in tow. It’s all cult bands from the Nineties, craft ales, and fairy lights in the broadleaved woodlands to make the walk …

Plagiarism is not a sin

It’s said that these days universities are echo chambers, but perhaps nobody expected it to be demonstrated quite so literally. At the beginning of the month, Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned following weeks of plagiarism allegations. Some of these were …

The Final Countdown to CBDC

Though a work of fiction, this story draws inspiration from surveillance technologies that pervade our world today. If left unchecked, the scenario painted within this first chapter could become a hauntingly accurate reflection of life in the not-so-distant future. This …

The Real Purge in Academia

Dissent in America’s Universities, by David R. Barnhizer (Skyhorse Publishing, 2013. It takes on new relevance given events at Harvard and what they reveal about who rises and who falls within the ranks of elite academia and why.] 

Covid feels …