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An unorthodox journal studying the virtues & vices of the American higher education establishment.

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November 20, 2025

Issue at a Glance

Seth Forman

Preview articles in this issue with pieces by Gary Saul Morson, Edward S. Shapiro, Yuriy V. Karpov, and more.

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November 20, 2025

Reading, in Whole or in Part

Peter W. Wood

Editor's introduction to this issue.

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November 20, 2025

Package Beliefs and Partyness

Gary Saul Morson

Literary critic Gary Saul Morson sees in the intellectual conformity of today eerie parallels with Soviet-era thought control. Using Russian literature—from Tolstoy and Dostoevsky to Mandelstam......

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The Case for Colonialism

From the summer issue of Academic Questions, we reprint the controversial article, "The Case for Colonialism." ...

October 18, 2023

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Did American Police Originate from Slave Patrols?

The claim that American policing “traces back” to, “started out” as, or “evolved directly from,” southern slave patrols, is false....

July 2, 2020

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In Humans, Sex is Binary and Immutable

The idea that there are more than two sexes in human beings is a rejection of everything biological science has taught us. Unbelievably, this idea is coming directly from within the highest......