Words

“Words…They’re innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they’re no good any more….I don’t think...

Primates

“Primate researchers have spent decades regularly citing the claim that 98.6 percent of our genomes are the same as those of chimps. According to the Nature study, however, we share only about 85 percent of our genomes with these apes; the difference between humans...

Poverties

“During Jim Crow—when racism was written into law—black neighborhoods were safer than today. Elders were respected. Children could walk the streets without fear. Families were intact, churches were full, and black marriage rates during the Great Depression were higher...

Gender Insanity

“We do need to take notice of one interesting dimension to the physician’s gynecological and moral insanity: She did not have the courage to come out and answer Sen. Hawley’s question directly. If Dr. Verma is so committed to the new gender ideologies that she would...

Large Language Models

“Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude excel in locating, synthesizing and connecting knowledge. They don’t add to the stock of knowledge.” – Greg Ip