Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
I know there are those who dismiss everything written on Quillette as “alt-right”, and won’t read it, but if you’re one of them, you’re doing yourself no favors. The site is not “alt right,” though it sometimes defends conservative positions. But it also criticizes fulminating wokeness and says things that are correct but taboo to … Continue reading Quillette’s top examples of colleges behaving badly
A high-up worker in the pharma industry sent me a video from last month showing biologist Bret Weinstein apparently denying to Joe Rogan that AIDS is cause by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (That claim starts about three minutes in, but watch the whole video below.) Apparently Weinstein subscribes to Rogan’s “competing hypothesis” … Continue reading Bret Weinstein denies that AIDS is caused by HIV
Yesterday someone called this quote to my attention; it seems to have been made in 1961 [1935; see comment #12 below] by Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899-1977), who became President of the University of Chicago at only 30 and served for 16 years, adding an additional six years as Chancellor. Here’s the Quote of the Week, … Continue reading Quote of the week: “A university is not a kindergarten. . . “
We’re #1 again: in freedom of speech, that is. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, FIRE, has listed its annual free speech rankings, with the lowest numbers going to the best schools. A number of things are assessed in these rankings, including student views (how comfortable they are expressing ideas, acceptability of disruptive conduct, … Continue reading FIRE free-speech rankings again put Chicago on top, but Columbia at rock bottom
Since Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying left Evergreen State under trying circumstances, they’ve made a living doing podcasts on YouTube, and have become somewhat notorious for their stand on Covid-19 and the dubious remedy Ivermectin. The story below, from the Portland, Oregon news site Willamette Week, reports how both Weinstein and Heying not only remain … Continue reading Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying go unvaccinated for Covid, take and promote Ivermectin instead
It takes the NYT a long time to catch up to current events in Woke World, perhaps because they wait to see how things shake out among liberals before deciding whether a story is worth covering, and how it should be covered. (Their coverage of the events at Evergreen State and Oberlin, for example, was … Continue reading NYT finally covers DEI statements
This article by Graham Adams comes from The Platform, a fairly recent site that claims to hold all sides to account but is also “anti-woke.” I can’t vouch for Adams’ claims about the poor coverage of important New Zealand events by the country’s media, but other Kiwis can chime in below. I do know that … Continue reading Poor international reportage in New Zealand
Welcome to Thursday, the very first day of April, 2021. That means it’s April Fool’s Day, but I’m not going to fool you. It’s also National Sourdough Bread Day, celebrating a very great invention. It’s also these food months: National Florida Tomato Month National BLT Sandwich Month National Soft Pretzel Month National Soyfoods Month National … Continue reading Thursday: Hili dialogue
