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Social media has changed academia, and not necessarily for the better. Andrey Mir claims that "[t]he line between thinking and trending is thinner than ever." discoursemagazine.com/p/academic-act…

Social media has enabled the accelerated dissemination of academic findings. This faster pace "boosts knowledge, but it also allows knowledge claims to multiply faster than the capacity for reality checks." Andrey Mir discoursemagazine.com/p/academic-act…

Charles Blahous on the dangers of confusing Social Security terminology: "Political opportunists are all too ready to exploit these misunderstandings for their own partisan purposes." discoursemagazine.com/p/time-to-fix-…

With the advent of social media, "[p]ublic support—or repudiation—agitated scholarly debates, putting scientific ideas to referendums that were settled by likes. ... Academics began to transform research into advocacy." Andrey Mir discoursemagazine.com/p/academic-act…

First in a three-part series by historian Zachary Shore on the "hidden threads" that run throughout the natural world and tie us all together: discoursemagazine.com/p/hidden-threa…

"We heard [elephants'] trumpet calls; we could not have missed those if we tried. But then we stopped wondering what else might connect them. We accepted what was right in front of us, and we failed to imagine anything more." discoursemagazine.com/p/hidden-threa…

"The only realistic way to deal with academic activism is media literacy. Its key components are awareness, rationalization and tolerance." Andrey Mir on postacademia: discoursemagazine.com/p/academic-act…

"If humans are just as close genetically to bonobos as to chimps, then couldn’t people be pacific by nature instead of warlike? And isn’t it possible that cooperation, not competition, is what has led to human advancement?" Zachary Shore on Discourse: discoursemagazine.com/p/hidden-threa…

The federal fuel economy standards (known as CAFE) are meant to increase energy efficiency--but at what cost? Former Competitive Enterprise Institute general counsel Sam Kazman explains the downsides of CAFE: discoursemagazine.com/p/the-federal-…

"When gas prices drop, CAFE standards effectively become more restrictive, even if their numerical values don’t change, because consumers are less willing to trade off passenger space, cargo capacity and horsepower for fuel economy." Sam Kazman: discoursemagazine.com/p/the-federal-…

From the Discourse archives, here's Clay Routledge on the relationship between patriotism and progress: "[A] positive national identity cultivates the optimistic and progress-oriented mindset needed to address global challenges." discoursemagazine.com/p/patriotism-a…

"If reduced fuel consumption was the goal of CAFE, then from the outset there was a much simpler and easier way to achieve it: Increase the federal gas tax." Former Competitive Enterprise Institute general counsel Sam Kazman on federal fuel economy standards: discoursemagazine.com/p/the-federal-…

Is lying justified if it's for a good cause? Erec Smith Erec Smith Likes Rhetoric explores this ethical question in the context of DEI activism: discoursemagazine.com/p/righteous-li…

"False testimony is a trend among activists for whom moral certainty overrides factual responsibility." Erec Smith Likes Rhetoric discoursemagazine.com/p/righteous-li…

Federal fuel economy standards "forced carmakers to manufacture smaller, lighter cars, which resulted in thousands of traffic deaths." Former Competitive Enterprise Institute general counsel Sam Kazman on CAFE's safety tradeoffs: discoursemagazine.com/p/the-federal-…

"A society in which people are punished for things they didn’t do, where truth is subordinated to narrative, is not simply wrong and illiberal. It’s dangerous." Erec Smith Likes Rhetoric discoursemagazine.com/p/righteous-li…

Is democracy losing ground to dictatorship around the world? Michael Ard addresses this question and many others in his review of HOW TYRANTS FALL by Marcel Dirsus: discoursemagazine.com/p/taking-on-th…

"Stepping down from power can be deadly. ... So, we would do well to ensure [dictators] have a viable exit ramp." Michael Ard on the logistics of transitioning from dictatorship to democracy: discoursemagazine.com/p/taking-on-th…

"We cannot allow justice to be redefined as whatever advances an ideological agenda." Erec Smith Likes Rhetoric on the dangers of activists lying to serve their cause: discoursemagazine.com/p/righteous-li…

Is tyranny on its way out? Michael Ard argues that "[p]erhaps the most important weapon the world’s democracies have is their sense of optimism. ... [T]ime is on the free world’s side." discoursemagazine.com/p/taking-on-th…