Joseph (Jake) Klein☰

Essays & Reporting

Essays.

Opinion and analysis in Quillette, the Washington Examiner, the Washington Times, FEE, Reality’s Last Stand, and more.

Universities Need Reform. It Shouldn’t Matter Who’s Telling Them.

Heterodox Academy

Even Free Speech Proponents Violate Their Principles. We Need Institutions That Can’t.

Heterodox Academy

Libertarianism Is Losing. What Can We Do?

Capitalism Isn’t Responsible for Society’s Flaws; You Are

Redefining “Antisemitism” To Mean Anti-Zionism Is Endangering Jews

You Can’t Be Anti-Identity Politics And Pro-Zionism. My Former Colleagues Are Hypocrites.

Trump’s Victory Means The Culture War Is Won. For Now…

Did Robin DiAngelo Steal the Concept of “White Fragility”?

The Danger of The Simple Story: What Martyr Made’s Critics Are Getting Wrong

Being LGBT Without The “Community”

How Psychological Manipulation Spread DEI Across America

Reality's Last Stand

10 Pictures from the Past 100 Years that Highlight the Power of Liberty

The Story of the Ritz Cracker Is the Story of Capitalism

Me vs. The Livestreamer Destiny: Our Debate on Israel-Palestine

If You Don’t Like Ritz Crackers, You’re A Filthy Communist

What Brings You Meaning In Life Is Bad & You Should Feel Bad

This Chanukah, Celebrate Christmas Instead

How A Century-Old Play Refuted Identity Politics

It’s Time To Stop Being Kind To People

No, Ayaan, Christianity Can’t Win The Civilizational War

Reality's Last Stand

Why the Right Needs More Atheism

Reality's Last Stand

Call Racial “Affinity Groups” What They Are: Segregation

Robin DiAngelo and the next frontier of DEI

How a “National Divorce” Could Actually Unite Americans

The Oscar’s Cynical Affirmative Action Won’t Satisfy Anyone

Hollywood in Toto

Far-left racism in government is nothing new; the military taught it for years with DRRI

The Battle For America’s Understanding of Its True Self

Hollywood in Toto

Capitalism Is Curing COVID-19, Government Is Making It Worse

Enslaved by Islam: Yasmine Mohammed’s Journey to Freedom

How Does America Have So Much Racism with So Few Racists?

Western Journal

NBC News Fails CRC Fact Check: The Epoch Times Is No Pro-Trump Dark Money Operation

Who Is Rating Our Movies? Inside the Corrupt MPAA Cartel

Deplatforming, The Power Of Left-Wing Media, And Their Right-Wing Allies

The College Admission Scam is Not a Story of How, but Why?

Inside a Google Summit on Diversity and Inclusion

Sam Harris was Right; Ezra Klein Should Know Better

Reporting From The Safe Space Capital Of The World: University of California, Berkeley

Why My Communist Critics Are Wrong

Why does YouTube think MLK's views are supremacist?

Popular Left-Wing Activist Shaun King Endorses AntiFa

Dear Progressives: Let’s End the Divide and Start Talking Again