The Five Worst Cases of Corporate Hypocrisy
It seems that the tenets of Critical Social Justice (CSJ) theory have now seeped into every well-known organisation. Billboards, TV adverts, and even our food packaging serve to remind us…
The Social Model of Disability: A Good Idea Taken to Dangerous Extremes
Dear Editor, During 17 years of living in various institutions for the disabled, and in the 2 years since I left, certain questions have nagged insistently at me…What changes in…
On What do we Agree? Finding Ethical Consensus in the Midst of Factual Confusion.
On what do we disagree? This is a question which admits many answers. We might offer the safety of vaccines, the cause of COVID-19 or the best way to achieve…
Social Justice Cynicism
There is a type of cynicism that you cannot fight against, the sort of cynicism which makes engagement impossible. Let me give you an example by way of a hypothetical…
Can’t Beat the Real Thing: Why Liberalism is the Key to Authentic Workplace Diversity
When I was a child, I used to like watching my mom bake cookies. One day as I was watching her bake, I asked if I could help. She said…
One Man and Many Obstacles
On April 21, 2018, my black teenage daughter declared: “race is all about culture. Blackness is all about oppression. Nothing else matters.” She was fifteen years old. How could this…
The Four Fallacies of Critical Social Justice in Preventing Cultural Arguments
Critical Social Justice (CSJ) operates to maintain a single explanation for disparity in outcomes and suchlike in our societies. It asserts that the only reason fit for public discussion –…
Ten Ways Woke Ideas Spread and Stick
Ten Ways Woke Ideas Spread and Stick I’ve long been fascinated by the varied explanations of why woke ideas spread. Here are the ten that I find most compelling. There…
The Blob
There is a very old and very awful movie called The Blob. As terrible as it is (and it is really terrible) the premise of that movie provides us with…