Mistakes
Like any writer, I am only human and make mistakes from time to time. In the interests of transparency and full disclosure, articles will never be stealth-edited without acknowledging the original error (excluding trivial typos or grammatical errors), and all such errors will be catalogued here. If you identify any errors that I have failed to list here, please let me know and I will update accordingly.
In Prophet Song and psycho-political projection, I asserted that “no politician who could reasonably be characterised as far-right has ever held public office” in Ireland. A commenter provided the examples of Oliver J. Flanagan and Alice Glenn, both of whom were elected to the Dáil.
In Contra deBoer on transgender issues, I asserted “When the fifth-largest employer in the entire world [the UK’s National Health Service] is demanding that its staff exclusively use ‘birthing person’ in place of ‘mother’, what some Brooklyn activist believes is beside the point.” Several readers argued that this was hyperbolic of me, and I agreed, so I amended the sentence to “When the fifth-largest employer in the entire world is urging its staff to use ‘birthing person’ in place of ‘mother’, what some Brooklyn activist believes is beside the point.”
In the original version of Lies, damned lies and the Washington Post, I listed the average number of anti-LGBT hate crimes reported over 2021-22 in states without restrictive sports, curriculum and bathroom legislation as 3,170. This was in fact the total number of hate crimes reported in these states over the period: the correct figure was 1,585. This error rendered much of my analysis incorrect. I have published a new version of the article with the inaccurate material removed.
In Alternative lifestyle choices work great - for alternative people, I referred to Scott Alexander as a “prominent evangelist for polyamory”, a characterisation to which he objected. On reflection I agree that this was needlessly hyperbolic of me, and rephrased it. I sincerely apologise for any offense caused.