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How a Single Anonymous Twitter Account Caused an ‘Indigenized’ Canadian University to Unravel

Published by Jonathan Kay

In a recently published Quillette article, Political Science professor Frances Widdowson described the difficulties that Canadian university administrators face when they seek to “Indigenize” their schools. Everyone in academia...

March 6, 2021
Canada, Diversity, Diversity Debate, Education, Free Speech, Identity, Spotlight

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Starvation and Ethnic Cleansing Stalk Ethiopia

Published by James Jeffrey

“Forgetful of the world, by whom they were forgotten,” wrote eminent 18th-century British historian Edward Gibbon of the “Aethiopians” as they “slept near a thousand years.” Ethiopia remains the only...

March 7, 2021
Africa, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Politics, Top Stories, World Affairs

A Cardinal Sin

Published by Niall Ferguson

I was brought up to think of a university as a haven for free thought and free inquiry; a place where established scholars and students communicate ideas, in both...

March 5, 2021
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Decolonising Math is Rooted in a Decades-Old Conflict

Published by Greg Ashman

For decades, a conflict has been simmering in the elementary school classrooms of the English-speaking world. On one side are those who place mathematics understanding above all else and...

March 4, 2021
Diversity, Education, Identity, Top Stories

Against Dilettantes

Published by Elena Shalneva

“Welcome to the country of amateurs,” a good friend said when I first arrived in England. That was 20 years ago and, now that I’ve had time to think...

March 4, 2021
Education, Journalism, Literature, Media, Philosophy, Top Stories

Does Suffering Provide Meaning and Purpose in Life?—A Reply to Freya India

Published by Paul Sturdee

A recent article in Quillette by Freya India raises the age-old problem of how to understand the connection between suffering and meaning in one’s life. India’s argument is that...

March 3, 2021
Culture Wars, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Media, Top Stories

Lockdown Scepticism Was Never a ‘Fringe’ Viewpoint

Published by Noah Carl

Whether or not lockdowns are justifiable on public-health grounds, they certainly represent the greatest infringement on civil liberties in modern history. In the UK, lockdowns have contributed to the...

March 2, 2021
COVID-19, Health, Science, Science / Tech, Top Stories, UK

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Podcast 138: Literary Critic Leon Wieseltier on His New Magazine, the Meaning of Forgiveness, and His Favorite Car-Chase Movies

Published by Quillette Magazine

Quillette‘s Jonathan Kay talks to long-time New Republic literary editor Leon Wieseltier about Liberties, the ambitious literary journal he founded after getting Me-Too’d—and many other subjects besides, including the...

March 1, 2021
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Podcast 137: Sociologist Nathalie Heinich on French Academics’ Opposition to America’s Race-Based Ideologies

Published by Quillette Magazine

Jonathan Kay speaks to eminent French sociologist Nathalie Heinich, founder of a new organization that opposes the spread of America’s race-fixated academic movements into French campuses. While conservatives have...

February 22, 2021
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PODCAST 136: Social Media Network Creator Brian Amerige: If You Could Create a New Network from Scratch, What Would It Look Like?

Published by Quillette Magazine

Quillette’s Jonathan Kay talks to Brian Amerige—a former team leader at Facebook, and now the CEO of Thoughtful—about the content-moderation lessons he’s learned from established social-media giants, and how...

February 15, 2021
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PODCAST 135: Minds.Com CEO Bill Ottman on Censorship, ‘Algorithmic Transparency,’ and the Post-Trump Social-Media Landscape

Published by Quillette Magazine

Quillette’s Jonathan Kay speaks with Bill Ottman, co-founder of the Minds social-media network, about the challenges facing Silicon Valley communications giants

February 4, 2021
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Rise of the Coronavirus Cranks

Published by Christopher J. Snowdon

I am no lockdown junkie. I’d like to get that straight before I explain why the most extreme variant of lockdown scepticism is rebarbative and destructive. I will never...

January 16, 2021
COVID-19, Health, Must Reads, Science, Top Stories, UK

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