selected writing
November 8, 2023. Tablet. "Snowflakes for Hamas".
June 1, 2023. Washington Examiner. "Ian Hacking, 1936-2023".
March 29, 2023. Quillette. "The State of 'Nature'".
February 24, 2023. Quillette. "A Conspiracy Theory of Connotations".
December 28, 2022. Wall Street Journal. "Buying All Black".
December 2, 2022. The Bulwark. "The Mismeasure of Ideology".
August 20, 2022. Washington Examiner. "The Cynical Use of Political Violence".
July 6, 2022. City Journal. "Peak Woke?"
May 20, 2022. American Compass. "With All Due Respect to the Experts".
May 10, 2022. Quillette. "Is Moral Expertise Possible?" (roundtable contributor).
February 4, 2022. Chronicle of Higher Education. "Academe's Allergy to Discussing Racial Preferences".
Summer 2021. The New Atlantis. "Libidinal Liberalism".
June 8, 2021. ArcDigital. "What's In a Name?".
May 19, 2021. The American Conservative. "What Happened to the ACLU?".
April 15, 2021. City Journal. "The Line-Drawing Argument".
December 31, 2020. ArcDigital. "Nobody Reads".
December 2nd, 2020. Heterodox Academy Blog. "The Truth is Not Enough".
October 26th, 2020. Chronicle of Higher Education. "Scholars Who Attack 'Originalism' Should Know What It Means".
October 18th, 2020. ArcDigital. "Them Among Us".
July 25th, 2020. ArcDigital. "Cancel Clusters".
July 11th, 2020. The Bellows. "The Guild".
July 8th, 2020. ArcDigital. "Yes, And--".
June 29th, 2020. ArcDigital. "Sympathy for the Masochists".
June 14th, 2020. ArcDigital. "Experts and Lockdowns and Protests".
April 6th, 2020. ArcDigital. "Stopped Clocks in a Pandemic".
February 21st, 2020. Chronicle of Higher Education. "Why Academics Love to Hate Mayor Pete".
September 18th, 2019. ArcDigital. "My Kingdom for a Horseshoe".
August 22nd, 2019. ArcDigital. "When is Something 'Politicized'?".
May 24th, 2019. ArcDigital. "Confusions of Complicity".
March 27th, 2019. ArcDigital. "What Will You Do After Trump?".
March 8th, 2019. ArcDigital. "On How It's Different When They Do It".
January 27th, 2019. ArcDigital. "Bah Fortiori".
January 16th, 2019. ArcDigital. "Two Studies Show Less Openness to Free Speech".
October 18th, 2018. Tablet. "Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?".
July 27th, 2018. National Review Online. "Weapons of Mass 'Weaponization'".
June 5th, 2018. Areo. "On Making by Calling and the Need for Conversation".
May 30th, 2018. National Review Online. "The Politicization of Philosophy at The Stone".
May 14th, 2018. Areo. "Campus Speech Debate: The Nightmare of the Nineties is Alive".
May 4th, 2018. Areo. "Rhextortion: Misinterpretation by Proxy".
April 23rd, 2018. Chronicle of Higher Education. "Don't Be Fooled: There Is a Free-Speech Crisis".
April 11th, 2018. Areo. "Are Campus and Media Conservatives Asking For It?".
March 11th, 2018. Areo. "A Liberal Who Remembers".
February 10th, 2018. Areo. "Humanitarianism, Collectivism, and . . . Impossible Responsibility".
January 8th, 2018. Areo. "Postmodernism Isn't Playing Around Anymore".
October 10th, 2017. Quillette. "The Case for Contrarianism".
September 6th, 2017. National Review Online. "'Tactics' Are Not the Problem with Antifa".
July 25th, 2017. ArcDigital. "No, Politics Is Not About Power".
June 1, 2023. Washington Examiner. "Ian Hacking, 1936-2023".
March 29, 2023. Quillette. "The State of 'Nature'".
February 24, 2023. Quillette. "A Conspiracy Theory of Connotations".
December 28, 2022. Wall Street Journal. "Buying All Black".
December 2, 2022. The Bulwark. "The Mismeasure of Ideology".
August 20, 2022. Washington Examiner. "The Cynical Use of Political Violence".
July 6, 2022. City Journal. "Peak Woke?"
May 20, 2022. American Compass. "With All Due Respect to the Experts".
May 10, 2022. Quillette. "Is Moral Expertise Possible?" (roundtable contributor).
February 4, 2022. Chronicle of Higher Education. "Academe's Allergy to Discussing Racial Preferences".
Summer 2021. The New Atlantis. "Libidinal Liberalism".
June 8, 2021. ArcDigital. "What's In a Name?".
May 19, 2021. The American Conservative. "What Happened to the ACLU?".
April 15, 2021. City Journal. "The Line-Drawing Argument".
December 31, 2020. ArcDigital. "Nobody Reads".
December 2nd, 2020. Heterodox Academy Blog. "The Truth is Not Enough".
October 26th, 2020. Chronicle of Higher Education. "Scholars Who Attack 'Originalism' Should Know What It Means".
October 18th, 2020. ArcDigital. "Them Among Us".
July 25th, 2020. ArcDigital. "Cancel Clusters".
July 11th, 2020. The Bellows. "The Guild".
July 8th, 2020. ArcDigital. "Yes, And--".
June 29th, 2020. ArcDigital. "Sympathy for the Masochists".
June 14th, 2020. ArcDigital. "Experts and Lockdowns and Protests".
April 6th, 2020. ArcDigital. "Stopped Clocks in a Pandemic".
February 21st, 2020. Chronicle of Higher Education. "Why Academics Love to Hate Mayor Pete".
September 18th, 2019. ArcDigital. "My Kingdom for a Horseshoe".
August 22nd, 2019. ArcDigital. "When is Something 'Politicized'?".
May 24th, 2019. ArcDigital. "Confusions of Complicity".
March 27th, 2019. ArcDigital. "What Will You Do After Trump?".
March 8th, 2019. ArcDigital. "On How It's Different When They Do It".
January 27th, 2019. ArcDigital. "Bah Fortiori".
January 16th, 2019. ArcDigital. "Two Studies Show Less Openness to Free Speech".
October 18th, 2018. Tablet. "Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?".
July 27th, 2018. National Review Online. "Weapons of Mass 'Weaponization'".
June 5th, 2018. Areo. "On Making by Calling and the Need for Conversation".
May 30th, 2018. National Review Online. "The Politicization of Philosophy at The Stone".
May 14th, 2018. Areo. "Campus Speech Debate: The Nightmare of the Nineties is Alive".
May 4th, 2018. Areo. "Rhextortion: Misinterpretation by Proxy".
April 23rd, 2018. Chronicle of Higher Education. "Don't Be Fooled: There Is a Free-Speech Crisis".
April 11th, 2018. Areo. "Are Campus and Media Conservatives Asking For It?".
March 11th, 2018. Areo. "A Liberal Who Remembers".
February 10th, 2018. Areo. "Humanitarianism, Collectivism, and . . . Impossible Responsibility".
January 8th, 2018. Areo. "Postmodernism Isn't Playing Around Anymore".
October 10th, 2017. Quillette. "The Case for Contrarianism".
September 6th, 2017. National Review Online. "'Tactics' Are Not the Problem with Antifa".
July 25th, 2017. ArcDigital. "No, Politics Is Not About Power".