New College Socratic Stage: A Discussion on Crime in the 21st Century

New College Socratic Stage: A Discussion on Crime in the 21st Century

Join us at the Mildred Sainer Pavilion for an engaging discussion on crime in the 21st century with Steve Sailer and Wilfred Reilly, moderated by Mark Bauerlein.

The panel will explore the paradoxical effects of various movements and examine how periods of heightened activism correlated with increased crime rates. This discussion will shed light on lesser-known consequences, such as the indirect impact on public safety when law enforcement presence diminishes. This in-person event will delve into various aspects of crime in today's world, followed by audience Q & A.

Steve Sailer is an opinion journalist focusing on the major controversies of the age, such as crime, immigration, feminism, transgenderism, the Great Awokening, the Racial Reckoning, and human biodiversity. His willingness to follow the findings of both the human sciences and his lying eyes to their inconvenient implications has made him one of the more controversial and influential commentators of the era. His ideas, while seldom explicitly cited, are read and pondered by America’s leading public intellectuals on both the right and the left. Known for the notoriety and reasonableness of his trenchant insights and the normality of his personality, he lives in his native suburban Southern California. His new anthology Noticing is available from Passage Press and Amazon, while his Substack is at SteveSailer.Net.

Wilfred Reilly is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University, and the author of the books "Taboo: 10 Facts You Can't Talk About,' "Hate Crime Hoax," and "The $50,000,000 Question." Reilly has published pieces in PNAS, Academic Questions, Commentary, Quillette, and a number of other journals and magazines. His research interests include international relations and the prevention of war, contemporary American race relations, and the use of modern quantitative methods to test "sacred cow" theories such as the existence of widespread white privilege. Off work, he enjoys dogs, archery, basketball, Asian cooking, and beer. Reilly has been described, by himself, as "the greatest mind of a generation."

About the Socratic Stage Dialogue Series

The New College of Florida Office of Public Policy Events seeks to advance civil discourse and engagement through facilitating events that foster open discussion and debate on relevant public policy issues. Such debates or group forums will provide opportunity for a wide range of viewpoints and perspectives to be presented. These events will be open to the public and will include speakers from within and without the state university community that hold broadly divergent and opposing perspectives.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Mildred Sainer Pavilion - New College of Florida, 5313 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, United States