February 28, 2024
Academic Questions: The Issue at a Glance
Preview articles in this issue with pieces by Steven Balch, Naomi Farber, Edward S. Shapiro, R. Lawrence Purdy, and others.
February 28, 2024
Academic Questions: Stanford Academic Freedom Conference
Elizabeth Weiss
Anthropologist Elizabeth Weiss gives a blow-by-blow report based on her participation in the Stanford Academic Freedom Conference on November 4th and 5th of 2022. The conference was organized in the w......
February 19, 2024
MTC: New Federal Rules will Empty Museums, Erase Science, and Usher in Superstitious Beliefs
Elizabeth Weiss
Editor's Note: This article, originally published on Spiked on February 9, 2024, has been revised to incorporate additional insights and perspectives not previously featured in the Spiked version.......
January 16, 2024
MTC: Politically Correct Creationism
Elizabeth Weiss
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by City Journal on December 7, 2023 and is crossposted here with permission. The American Museum of Natural History’s newest “revitalized” h......
December 25, 2023
MTC: The Evolution of Christmas
Elizabeth Weiss
The origin of Christmas is often linked to Roman pagan festivals, most often either Saturnalia or Dies Natalis Solis Invicti. Both holidays fall in December. Saturnalia, which was a week-long festival......
November 23, 2023
MTC: Thankful to Western Civilization
Elizabeth Weiss
Thanksgiving is often a time when people reflect on what they have to be thankful for—family, friends, good health, etc. For many, these are considered blessings, and there is much historical evidence......
November 7, 2023
MTC: Empty Graves: The Genocide that Wasn’t
Frances Widdowson & Elizabeth Weiss
On May 27, 2021, an announcement was made that would create shockwaves around the world. This was the press release of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (formerly the Kamloops Indian Band) in British Col......
October 30, 2023
MTC: Minding the Sciences — California Buries Science
Elizabeth Weiss
On October 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom—whose Democratic party claims to be the party of science and science education—signed two anti-science education bills (AB226 and AB389) into law.......
October 23, 2023
Academic Questions: The Victim’s Revolution Revisited
James W. Springer
James W. Springer explains why Bruce Bawer’s pivotal text remains indispensable.
October 19, 2023
Academic Questions: We Need Some Muscle Over Here!
Bruce Gilley
At a March 2023 meeting of the NAS affiliate California Association of Scholars, NAS treasurer and board member Brue Gilley assessed the challenges and achievements of both organizations.