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29/11/2024

“Finding common ground doesn’t require compromising our values or avoiding important discussions. Instead, it means approaching our conversations with openness instead of trying to ‘win’ an argument.”

Read the full piece by Manareldeen Fajors on our website. Link in bio.

28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving from the Chicago Thinker!

26/11/2024

“Universities are supposed to be (and historically have been) centers of discourse and intellectual development. Now, they are better described as indoctrination camps, punishing perceived thoughtcrime instead of encouraging intellectual discussion between disagreers.”

Read the full letter from our editor in chief, Chris Phillips, on our website. Link in bio.

22/11/2024

On Friday, November 15, UChicago College Republicans and The Chicago Thinker held a joint press conference to discuss their organizations’ current status and future direction. Christopher Phillips and Tyler Shasteen spoke at the conference.

Read the full story by Oliver Wilson on our website. Link in bio.

14/11/2024

Tomorrow at 12 on the eastern side of the main quad, the Chicago Thinker and the UChicago College Republicans will be holding a joint press conference.

The groups will separately share details on their vision for the future of their respective organizations. There will be a Q&A session after the conference. Student and local media are welcome to attend.

Date/Time: Friday, 11/15 at 12:00 PM
Location: Eastern Side of Main Quad
Duration: Approximately 25 mins

17/09/2024

We are honored to announce Christopher Phillips as the Chicago Thinker’s new publisher and editor-in-chief! You may remember Chris from his viral moment when he put Brian Stelter and the corporate media to shame at UChicago’s so-called “disinformation” conference.

05/07/2024

“It’s no secret that our school isn’t exactly situated in the safest of locales. The University has a legal and moral imperative to promote safety, and the Lyft program was unequivocally a pivotal part of that effort.”

Read Chris Phillip's full opinion piece on our website. https://thechicagothinker.com/lyft-free-or-die-hard/

05/07/2024

As UChicago students, we share this institutional commitment to preserving the most American of values: freedom of expression. Let us show gratitude on this Fourth of July for 248 years of a free society, and cheers to many more! 🇺🇸

02/07/2024

Donald Trump and Hunter Biden were recently convicted in separate cases, highlighting the justice system's ability to hold political elites accountable. Omar Kamal writes Joe Biden's acceptance of the trial's outcomes and Trump's defiance showcase their contrasting attitudes towards the judicial process, which voters should consider in the upcoming election.

Read his full piece on our website:
https://thechicagothinker.com/hunter-bidens-conviction-a-learning-moment-for-trump-and-trumpers/

16/06/2024

Recent graduate Perry Zhao's advice for incoming students: Don't shop at Target (and not just because they're woke), take advantage of food trucks (they're better than the Hutch cafeteria thanks to free-market capitalism), and you are not likely to either be robbed or pushed off a bridge for being conservative (but still be careful).

Full article here: https://thechicagothinker.com/fun-isnt-dead-twelve-pointers-on-how-to-survive-twelve-quarters-at-uchicago/

14/06/2024

Former Vice President Mike Pence recently spoke to Thinker managing editor Shubh Malde and other members of the Student Journalism Association at The Fund for American Studies. They discussed everything from Donald Trump and the upcoming presidential election to foreign affairs and faith.

04/06/2024

Professor Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer just wrote for the Thinker, where she described how UChicago used to have such a great free speech culture—and how the disruptive Palestine protests mark "the end of an era." Read the full piece here: https://thechicagothinker.com/shadi-bartsch-zimmer-please-could-we-have-our-campus-back-now/

02/06/2024

UChicago emeritus professor Jerry Coyne got invited to give a lecture at the University of Amsterdam about the "ideological subversion of biology"... then disinvited, because of his views on Israel. Irony, or ideological subversion redux?

Here's a link: https://thechicagothinker.com/university-of-amsterdam-discussion-featuring-uchicago-professor-emeritus-canceled-over-speakers-views-on-israel-hamas-war/

31/05/2024

One of UChicago’s foremost Marxists just wrote us a letter to the editor, reflecting on the recent Thinker-Platypus debate and highlighting continuities between Marxist and libertarian thought—and how both are critical of modern neoliberalism.

Read Desmund Hui’s full remarks here: https://thechicagothinker.com/the-socialism-of-economics/

23/05/2024

Ex-presidential candidate Chris Christie spoke to about "Does the truth still matter?"

Per Christie, Biden is "past his sell-by date," Trump is "wholly unfit to be President," and Gen Z should "get some thicker skin." More from Manar here: https://thechicagothinker.com/my-way-or-the-highway-chris-christie-discusses-truth-at-uchicago-iop/

16/05/2024

Thinker editor Shubh Malde just interviewed Ilya Shapiro, where the two discussed free speech, student backlash to Palestine encampments, and what Shapiro thinks about anti-semitism legislation in Congress. Shapiro is a nationally renowned free speech pundit, Manhattan Institute fellow, and UChicago law grad. Here is a link with details: https://thechicagothinker.com/thinkers-shubh-malde-talks-to-ilya-shapiro-about-free-speech-recent-protests-and-american-higher-education/

11/05/2024

“Together with the UChicago Free Speech Alliance, the Chicago Thinker invites members of the University of Chicago community to send us a 10-second video on why free speech is important to you.”

Read the full announcement by Shubh Malde on our website.

https://thechicagothinker.com/join-the-thinker-in-speaking-up-for-free-speech/

11/05/2024

“On Monday, May 13 at 6 P.M., the University of Chicago Philosophy Review will host a debate between representatives from the Thinker and the Platypus Affiliated Society’s Chicago chapter. The title of the upcoming debate is ‘The End of American Democracy?’”

Read the full piece by the Thinker Staff.

https://thechicagothinker.com/on-monday-may-13-debate-between-thinker-and-marxist-platypus-society-on-the-end-of-american-democracy/

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