Cathy Young
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Past articles by Cathy:
What Elon Musk’s Bid Says About Twitter’s ‘Free Speech Problem’
The panic over Tesla’s CEO’s interest in the social media platform reveals a host of conflicting interests about “disinformation” and “political bias.” → Read More
Yes, It Was An 'Evil Empire'
Nearly every form of Soviet nostalgia gets the facts wrong. → Read More
Nothing To See Here
An unconvincing rebuttal to "cancel culture" claims → Read More
Afghanistan and the Anti-Liberal Right
Welcome to the Cathy Young newsletter. This entry is free for all. The next post will be for members only. To join today, go here. Few would dispute the basic truth that the project of converting Afghanistan into a “mini-me of Jeffersonian democracy,” as New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd put it the other day, was destined to fail. Actually, the truth is that there was no such project. I’m… → Read More
The fallacy of ‘whiteness’
The word is being thrown around in ways that could do more harm than good. → Read More
"Cancel Culture," Hypocrisy, and Double Standards
Two controversies--over Nikole Hannah-Jones's teaching post at UNC and Emily Wilder's firing by the AP--raise questions about attacks on free speech from the right → Read More
"Political Correctness" Déjà Vu
Do concerns about "wokeness" and "cancel culture" recycle a 1990s panic over "political correctness," or are we dealing with same problem of far-left illiberalism? → Read More
COVID's assault on Native Americans
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The architecture of trust
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Why banning 'harmful' online speech is a slippery slope
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J. Kenji López-Alt recommends 6 books that helped him as a chef and parent
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The Guillotine Mystique
The French Revolution has long inspired progressive radicals ready for change at any cost. → Read More
Propagandists on either side of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict have erased the possibility of persuasion
The longer we indulge in these bubbles the more we fuel and perpetuate the conflict and the more death and pain we bring on ourselves. → Read More
Viral Racist Videos Gone Wild
Video clips of people being racist go viral and ruin lives. Sometimes, they deserve it. But sometimes it's wrong. Karen. Crosswalk Cathy. Backyard Becky. → Read More
If Joe Biden wants due process in his sexual assault case, he should back it for others
Tara Reade's sexual assault allegation might not be credible, but still can threaten Biden's campaign in the #MeToo era. → Read More
The pandemic recasts gender inequality
Calls for a feminist vision for the COVID-19 pandemic often boil down to ‘It’s worse for women.’ But is it? → Read More
How Bad Is Online Harassment?
And how dangerous is it for the future of free speech? → Read More
Those who rightfully celebrate Weinstein’s conviction should not ignore #MeToo’s troubling episodes
The movement’s expansion into male "misbehavior" has led to career repercussions for non-workplace actions. → Read More
Hard Lessons From the Russian Civil War
The official 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, which birthed the world's first Communist state, came and went two years → Read More
It’s Official: Al Franken Was The Victim Of #MeToo Overreach
Behavior that looks sexually abusive out of context may be either entirely benign or mitigated when seen in the context of a mutual dynamic. → Read More