Autocracy in the 21st century — the end of the American republic?
Unlike past forms, modern autocracy offers stability, encourages scepticism about political alternatives and causes withdrawal from civic engagement
Why free speech matters: Jimmy Kimmel, Charlie Kirk and cancel culture
Why hate speech should not be banned and why there is no way of dealing with it — except more speech
The crisis of masculinity and the decline of patriarchy
Andrew Tate’s exaggerated masculinity reveals the fragility of traditional patriarchy, which has lost its social weight
The logic of values: On moral incommensurability and its consequences
When encountering those who reject our fundamental values, we struggle to perceive them as fully human
Digital islands: Woke ideology, masked as progressive, is a power grab
Rooted in disembodied online life, it merely inverts current hierarchies and fuels societal division
The death of satire: What does murder represent today?
Views on human life’s sacred dignity are often skewed by political beliefs and emotional attachment to values
The strategy behind the public playground hounding of Zelenskyy
The media was in shock after the televised public humiliation of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. US President Donald Trump and Vice-president JD Vance were pouncing on him like bullies in the school yard. Trump went as far as to say that he — Zelenskyy — had instigated the war with Russia, […]
Gen Z needs to get out of its comfort zone
If democracy is to be safeguarded, it must unlearn virtue signalling and cancel culture and learn to disagree
The vexing illusions that shape our life
We are born into a world of forced choices and the feeling that something is missing haunts us
Will artificial intelligence change what it means to be human?
Our collective identity has once again arrived at a seminal point in our history