David Polansky
David Polansky is a research fellow at the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy. He tweets at @polanskydj
Antisemitism and the discourse of privilege
Progressives hierarchies are not kind to liberal Jews
Against the hysterical consensus
The US has to confront its own global identity
Sport, strength and pseudo-feminism
We should expose the emptiness of femininity compared to femaleness
Diversion, disruption and distinction
Being memorable and sticky guarantees a novel a long and healthy life
The Conservatives deserve to be taught a lesson
Bad behaviour has to come with consequences
Was The Bible written by slaves?
A new book maintains that enslaved scribes and readers may have affected the shaping of Christian ideas
Steering clear of titfer tat
We now are seeing the first flowering of a head-dress renaissance
It’s OK to be angry about socialism
It is perverse that this chronic failure of an ideology endures
A rollicking, great Kiss Me Kate
Musical and artistic brio can transcend the “problematic”
Can jokes in terrible taste ever be funny?
Wisecracks is clearly the work of an academic philosopher adept at teasing out fine distinctions between “offenses” and “harms”
Exeter — portrait of a modern university
Jeremy Black, historian of Exeter University, reflects on the shifting demands and priorities on campus.
“Nympho” rides again
Mental housemistresses and banners displaying children in boaters