Jonathan Marks

A populist conservatism that bears an uncomfortable resemblance to McCarthyism confronts colleges.

The idea that we need an executive order to ensure open debate is absurd.

Lisa Durden was fired as an adjunct professor for espousing views that her college did not accept. To a conservative, that ought to be deeply offensive.

It is not anti-Semitic to be involved in a movement that appeals to anti-Semites, but it ought to give one pause, writes Jonathan Marks.

What other explanation could there be?, asks Jonathan Marks.

Jonathan Marks, who had planned on sending his son to an Ivy League institution, decides instead to put his faith in “Bang for the Buck” rankings (and his tongue in his cheek).

Declarations from philosophers that they won’t accept money from the organization are difficult to defend, writes Jonathan Marks.

It’s not too hard to tell Jane Goodall from a chimpanzee. Goodall is the one with long legs and short arms, a prominent forehead, and whites in her eyes. She’s the one with a significant amount of hair only on her head, not all over her body. She’s the one who walks, talks, and wears clothing. A…

With very few exceptions, it is hard to find exhibits on human evolution and variation in America’s scientific museums these days. Such exhibits are needed, though, to show the public the work done in biological anthropology, the field that studies who and what we are, as natural objects.…