Review - Quillette (Page 2)

A Failure to Communicate

Jeff Sharlet’s new book is a stark and dispiriting dispatch from Trump country.

Matt Hanson

30 Oct 2023 · 6 min read

An Eye for the Jugular

A new documentary looks back on the life and work of satirist, novelist, and New Journalist, Tom Wolfe.

Thomas Doherty

27 Oct 2023 · 11 min read

Shadows No More

A new book examines Israel’s mounting campaign to check Iran.

Brian Stewart

25 Oct 2023 · 6 min read

Liberalism Against Utopianism

Samuel Moyn’s analysis of what ails liberal societies is fatally compromised by his own socialist commitments.

Alan S. Rome

24 Oct 2023 · 8 min read

The Extraordinary Life of Tom Nash

“The deep end is the best place to learn to swim.”

Iona Italia

17 Oct 2023 · 18 min read

Civil Rights and Wrongs

Richard Hanania’s new book is a welcome entry to the conversation about wokeness, but his power-based perspective is incomplete.

Oliver Traldi

23 Sep 2023 · 16 min read

In an Age of Scams, Self-Help Falls Short

An individualistic focus only goes so far in preventing scams and frauds.

Sohale Mortazavi

22 Sep 2023 · 9 min read

Inescapable Disparities

Thomas Sowell’s new book reminds us that the world has never been a level playing field and we will not be able to engineer one.

Hannah Gal

18 Sep 2023 · 11 min read

Libertarian Limitations

Andrew Koppelman’s analysis of libertarianism is rich in detail and full of thought-provoking ideas.

Marco den Ouden

12 Sep 2023 · 16 min read

‘A Dream Deferred’ Revisited

Shelby Steele’s masterful second book invites black America to reject redemptive liberalism and the helplessness it demands for a humanistic politics of advancement.

Samuel Kronen

22 Aug 2023 · 17 min read

What History Teaches Us About the Importance of Academic Freedom

This 1949 primer shows us there’s nothing new about today’s controversies about free speech on campus.

James Huffman

30 Jul 2023 · 12 min read

One-Dimensional Woman Enters the Manosphere

Nina Power’s new book is fraught with contradictions and ideological incoherence.

Arturo Desimone

28 Jul 2023 · 7 min read

Dare to Be Brilliant

Nolan’s kaleidoscopic biopic may be his most ambitious picture to date.

Brad Strotten

27 Jul 2023 · 3 min read

The Eyes of the Storm

A historic diary in pictures, which just happens to belong to Sir Paul McCartney.

Hannah Gal

18 Jul 2023 · 14 min read

A Life in the Fray

A new memoir by Martin Peretz, the former owner and editor-in-chief of The New Republic, provides a timely reminder of what American journalism has lost.

Jeffrey Herf

10 Jul 2023 · 21 min read