When it comes to writing about writing, cognitive scientist Steven Pinker is a triple threat: a researcher of the mind, an expert on the workings of language, and a wordsmith in his own right. In The ...

Talk may be cheap, and actions may speak louder than words. Nevertheless, rhetoric matters. It arouses passions, noble and base. It frames issues, clarifies stakes, defines missions, and directs ...

Today's guest is Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker. Pinker and Reason's Nick Gillespie discuss recent shifts at Harvard toward greater institutional neutrality and free speech, while warning that ...

Let us begin with a few simple propositions: (1) I know that the Harvard cognitive scientist and noted anti-wokeness crusader Steven Pinker has written a wan and blinkered book about the nature of ...

At a summit of university presidents, the talk was about Harvard and its plummeting reputation. By Anemona Hartocollis Amid spiraling campus speech debates, many professors are rallying in defense of ...

Readers react to Steven Pinker’s essay on the Trump administration’s conflict with the university and its repercussions. The administration has accused the university of lacking viewpoint diversity.