Berkeley vs Bill: FSM turns in its grave
After the Bill Maher debacle, Berkeley needs a new Free Speech Movement.
Read my spiked article in full here.
Recent articles of note
“An election about rejection,” Washington Post, by Dan Balz
“Why partyism is wrong,” New York Times, by David Brooks
“Hussman: I think the stock market is crashing,” Business Insider, by Henry Blodget
“Why middle-class Americans can’t afford to live in liberal cities,” The Atlantic, by Derek Thompson
“The climate change ...
The tyranny of the new secular priesthood
Joel Kotkin nails the anti-masses Clerisy that now dominates the US.
Read my review of Kotkin’s The New Class Conflict, in the spiked review of books, here.
Recent articles of note
“Why the Ukraine crisis is the West’s fault: The liberal delusions that provoked Putin,” Foreign Affairs, by John Mearsheimer
“America’s dangerous aversion to conflict,” Wall Street Journal, by Robert Kagan
“It’s still not the end of history,” The Atlantic, by Timothy Stanley and Alexander Lee
“Peter Thiel disagrees with ...
Why we should all hail the Redskins
The campaign against the Redskins’ name is an insult to fans.
Read my spiked article in full here.
Recent articles of note
“Liberals are killing art: How the left became obsessed with ideology over beauty,” The New Republic, by Jed Perl
“Seeds of doubt: An activist’s controversial crusade against genetically modified crops,” The New Yorker, by Michael Specter [Profile of Vandana Shiva]
“Revved up: How Al Sharpton became Obama’s go-to man ...
Washington Post joins campaign to de-legitimize Redskins name
This week the Washington Post editorial board decided that it will no longer use the word “Redskins” when referring to the Washington football team that has used the name for the past 80 years. The ...
Sorting fact from fiction in Ferguson
Same old racism? Actually the riots show how much has changed in the US.
Read my spiked article in full here.
Recent articles of note
“When the left turned against free speech,” Reason, by Matt Welch
“The new regressives,” PJ Media, by Victor Hansen Davis
“The case for reparations,” The Atlantic, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
“The good of government: American conservatives need a positive view of government,” First Things, by Roger Scruton
“Inequality in America: ...
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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