There’s a popular meme about over-analysis in English class referring to the hypothetical text ‘the curtains were blue.’ The joke goes that the English teacher would pontificate about these colored ...

ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM! OK, that was cheap, but I'm glad I got it out of the way. Now you know what I'm going to write about. I've been somewhat infamous since an editorial I wrote last year, ...

I spent much of high school trying not to be interested in ideas. I studied hard and made good grades, but I didn’t hang out with the nerds. This was partly because hanging out with nerds wasn’t cool ...

While Florida has long been monikered the “Sunshine State,” it seems determined to retreat to the Dark Ages. Under Ron DeSantis’ gubernatorial authority, the state recently passed the Parental Rights ...

The phenomenal rise of Donald Trump has alarmed many observers over the revival of anti-intellectualism in American society. But America is not the only country that is being afflicted by ...

Political economist Nco Dube argues that the growing culture of anti-intellectualism in South Africa is eroding democratic accountability, weakening public debate, and enabling populist leadership. He ...

The tragedy in Charleston last week will no doubt lead to more discussion of several important and recurring issues in American culture—particularly racism and gun violence—but these dialogues are ...

The late Gore Vidal once confessed, with characteristic rapier wit, “I love stupidity. It excites me.” But the excitement and hilarity of human foibles and failures diminish rapidly when the ...