Why American liberals *heart* Pope Francis
His visit has given the PC elite some much-needed moral authority.
Read my spiked article in full here.
A black hero for guilty whites
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me offers a disturbing insight into the new racialism.
Read my review in the spiked review of books, here.
After Charleston: a show of common humanity
No, Dylann Roof’s act of nihilism was not ‘the real America’.
Read my spiked article in full here.
Rachel Dolezal: Desperately seeking victim status
The Dolezal story exposes the disturbing influence of identity politics.
Read my spiked article in full here.
Recent articles of note
“My Title IX inquisition,” Chronicle of Higher Education, by Laura Kipnis
“Pre-traumatic stress disorder,” City Journal, by Theodore Dalrymple
“The changing geography of racial opportunity,” Real Clear Politics, by Joel Kotkin
“Frenemies: The combative camaraderie of Norman Mailer and William F. Buckley, Jr.,” The New Yorker, by Thomas Mallon
Boycotting the boycotters: The wrong way to oppose BDS
Clamping down on BDS will only fuel its intolerant campaign.
Read my spiked article in full here.
Recent articles of note
“Not running, but fleeing: With rare exceptions, America’s young are turning their backs on politics,” The Economist
“The green behind California’s Greens,” City Journal, by Steven Malanga
“How your hometown affects your chances of marriage,” New York Times, by David Leonhardt and Kevin Quealy
“The new Jews of Harvard’s ...
Riots in Baltimore: A crisis of authority
The instability points to a moral vacuum in America’s inner cities.
Read my spiked article in full here.
Rolling Stone and UVA: More than a failure of journalism
The real problem is the unhinged moral panic about rape on campus.
Read my spiked article in full here.
ABOUT SEAN COLLINS
I write about American current affairs for Spiked, the online magazine. I am a native New Yorker, and I divide my time between New York City and upstate New York.
In addition to articles for Spiked, The Australian and other publications, I contributed an essay, "BDS: Demonizing Israel, Destroying Free Speech," for the book Unsafe Space: The Crisis of Free Speech on Campus (2016). I also wrote a chapter on New York City's economy for the book London After Recession: A Fictitious Capital? (2012).
My writings have been cited in American Conservative, Arts & Letters Daily, the Financial Times, Fox News, the Huffington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, the New York Times, Real Clear Politics, and the Times of London, among other media.
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