To rightly recognize that men and women are equal under the law is perfectly removed from the fact that men and women are distinguishable beings that have been shaped by sex-specific evolutionary challenges. Accordingly, there is no reason to assume or expect that there should be equal representation of the two sexes across all contexts.

Early in my doctoral training at Cornell University, I became immersed in the behavioral decision theory paradigm.

There is nothing morally objectionable in stating that a country has the inalienable right to decide on the exact number of immigrants and the exact type of immigrants that it wishes to let into its borders. As part of that calculus, it is perfectly rational to exhibit preferential treatment to immigrants who share one's cultural values.

Offending someone's religious sensibilities can never justify a violent response. There are no 'but' qualifiers, and the sooner that this lesson is internalized, the rosier our future will be.

One of the hallmarks of the American justice system is that it should be blind to individuals' idiosyncratic descriptors, including biological sex, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or physical attributes.

I contend that the ethos of perpetual non-judgment is intellectually dishonest if not outright cowardly.

Social etiquette dictates that when in mixed company, one should avoid discussing politics and religion. As someone who is quite active on various social portals, I can attest to the visceral emotions that are triggered when these topics are broached!

If you are of sound mind and body, many exciting and challenging adventures are within your reach irrespective of your age.

Amongst Western intelligentsia, to criticize if not loathe American values is viewed as progressive and liberal, whilst to support brutal and intolerant religious and political ideologies is a hallmark of being enlightened.

The world remains a very hostile place for women in many corners of the globe. As such, we should all strive to battle such injustices wherever these might occur.

The contents of an ideology are not sacrosanct simply because they are couched in the cloak of a religion.

My attachment to my wedding ring is a powerful symbol of the infinite love that I have for my wife and children.

Take off your wedding ring prior to swimming!

If any syllable that I utter might be interpreted in 13,000 different ways, then the best way for me to never be tarred and feathered is to never open my mouth. So the next time that someone calls on me for an opinion, you know what? I won't say a thing.

The Christmas-New Year's holiday season can be a double-edge sword when it comes to one's mental health.

Reason and science allow us to properly think about the necessary data that are required in order to answer a given question. This is precisely why the scientific method is the most powerful framework for understanding the world.

To be an outspoken professor in academia is a very dangerous proposition.

One's political views and/or religious beliefs should not exist in an impenetrable and inviolable bubble wherein they are protected from criticism or scrutiny.

I am always on the lookout for new cafes to hang out at.

Atheists do not seek to violently impose their non-belief onto others. They simply reject all gods inherent to the 10,000 religions known to mankind.

Unlike other animals, all of which are undoubtedly oblivious to their eventual demise, humans are fully aware that their time on Earth is limited. This is a reality that for most individuals is difficult if not impossible to bear.

As members of a social species endowed with large brains, we are natural-born marketers. Capitalism, the economic system that has elevated innumerable people out of abject poverty and misery, is founded on marketing. Everything that defines your daily existence has the indelible marks of marketing on it.

If one wishes to forgo the protection afforded by secular pluralism, then perhaps Western liberal democracies is not the right place for you to freely exercise your religion.

Secular societies establish tolerance by being equally non-accommodating toward all religious demands within the public sphere.

Everyone has the right to practice their religious beliefs in private but expect that people might publicly reject said beliefs.

There is an intellectual snobbery that, regrettably, many academics suffer from. They are proud their paper is only read by a small group of people - makes it very exclusive. Let's get rid of that. If it's truly important, people should be excited about it.

While I do not have a sweet tooth, I am a fan of the dark chocolate ice cream at Baskin Robbins.

No ideology should ever get a pass simply because it is cloaked in a religious robe.

All religious and cultural values are not equal to one another.

People have the right to live as equal citizens under the law. They do not have the right to demand that their identities be coddled and celebrated lest they might otherwise get offended.

It is an immeasurable tragedy to spend a sizeable portion of one's waking hours doing a job that does not excite you nor infuse you with a sense of purpose.

The explanatory power of evolutionary psychology is limitless!

Academia is ruled by a pathological herd mentality. Stick out, and be prepared to get ostracized.

In no culture ever studied have women repeatedly preferred to mate with pear-shaped, low-status, tepid men possessing high-pitched, nasal voices.

Few people are as well-situated to speak about the laudable benefits of a humane immigration policy than me.

In criticizing an ideology, one cannot be racist, hateful, or bigoted. These descriptors apply to positions held against people and not ideologies.

A society is only as great as the values that it enshrines as part of its ethos. A society is only as great as the extent to which it is willing to defend its identity.

A proud and healthy society does not equivocate when it comes to stating clearly and unequivocally what it expects of its prospective immigrants. It is for immigrants to adapt to the host nation's values and never the other way around.

What you believe in the privacy of your thoughts and what you do in the privacy of your home or house of worship is your business. What you do in the public realm is our collective business.

As a professor of marketing, I have a professional interest in examining how companies create integrated messages when communicating a corporate image.

Trigger warnings are part of the West's debauchery of self-indulgent victimhood.

There are justifiable case-by-case situations wherein an educator might exhibit targeted sensitivity to a student's unique circumstances. This is humane and laudable. In most instances though, trigger warnings are not a manifestation of justified empathy but are symptomatic of an ailing culture.

Any clear-thinking person should be able to engage in nuanced thinking when it comes to complex political positions.

Of all forms of diversity that should be celebrated on university campuses, none is more important than supporting, nurturing, and promoting intellectual diversity.

Western societies in general and universities in particular have not always been immune from institutional sexism. This is incontestable.

Most people experience some insecurity regarding one or more of their physical traits.

It is not 'dehumanizing' to call someone an illegal immigrant if he/she resides in the host country illegally.

There is nothing offensive about the word 'obese.' It is a descriptor of a person's weight.

The right to be able to speak openly and confidentially to another is, at times, codified legally if not ethically.

Bottom line - cosmetics are used to accentuate an existing sex difference in facial contrast. This does not mean that women engage in this beautification practice with knowledge of this sexual dimorphism.