The outcome of that reassessment depends on what people do now — “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.” This summary of Voltaire’s beliefs regarding the importance of freedom of speech (although it was never said by Voltaire himself) has been, for over a century, the starting point for one of the…

A brief summary of the Pornhub stury so far: Pornhub started off December with a fairly decent reputation, as far as porn sites go. Then the New York Times published a story on December 4th accusing the site of being “infested with rape videos” and of making money off “child…

The trailer for Wild Mountain Thyme has been released, and then pretty much immediately dismantled by everyone in Ireland at once. I made the mistake of watching it to see what was so bad. It’s hard to do justice to just how awful this looks. The accents are so…

There’s no getting around it. It’s a three-part argument, with very little room for debate: Donald Trump is a fascist. There’s room for some argument here, but he’s a quasi-fascist at best, and a full-blown fascist at worst. People who vote for a fascist are fascists themselves. This is straightforward…

This is an article with a simple premise: the best in life is not for you. I don’t mean this an an insult, quite the opposite. The best in life is a ruinous thing to get used to, and it costs way out of proportion to what satisfaction you’re liable…

There’s a strange and ill-defined line that separates truly famous athletes from those who simply draw occasional attention. Athletes like Tom Brady and David Beckham are still a big deal among people who don’t follow gridiron or soccer; even gymnastics has the superlative Simone Biles, whose dominance has been so…

https://play.ht/articles/c500e1ad1f14 You’ve probably heard the statistic: 40% of Americans wouldn’t be able to deal with an unexpected bill of a thousand dollars. You’ve probably seen the recommendations: build up an emergency fund of three to six months’ expenses. …

The idea that a fertilised and implanted embryo is imbued with whatever makes us human at the point of conception is an idea which carries a lot of weight in anti-abortion circles. For a long time, it’s been treated as the starting point from which anti-abortion policies develop. …

And, no, that headline isn’t an exaggeration. First things first: an acknowledgement. I want to flag right from the start that the available research on this subject is, by virtue of a very small sample size, inconclusive. I can’t tell you with confidence that trans women definitely don’t have an…