Quillette Weekly

Thanks to all those who signed up for the newsletter this week, we're thrilled to have you on board.

This week, M. Pollino's review of The UnRedacted, a sympathetic film about former Guantanamo terror suspects is not to be missed. (That the film has had its screenings cancelled across the US will have you shaking your head.)

Kevin Mims's deep dive into the career of W.C. Heinz (co-writer of the original MASH novel) is thoroughly entertaining, and on the podcast, Jon Kay interviews Andrew Lawton on the impact and legacy of Canada's "Freedom Convoy" movement.

Stay tuned in the coming days for some more fascinating essays and a special 200th edition of the Quillette podcast. In the meantime, you can get in touch with me at members@quillette.com.

--Zoe
Community Engagement

Culture

Social Panic at Sundance

Meg Smaker’s film about the rehabilitation of former Guantanamo terror suspects was nuanced and sympathetic. But the mob didn’t care.

QuilletteM. Pollino

Building a Progressive Tower of Babel

An American Jewish community leader describes how puritanical ideologues are co-opting charitable organizations and activist groups.

QuilletteDavid Bernstein

The Real Star of M*A*S*H

A personal tribute to the overlooked genius of writer W.C. Heinz.

QuilletteKevin Mims

World Affairs

Revolt Against the Modern World

Putin is the offspring of a political culture based on insuperable adversity to democracy.

QuilletteVladimir Tismaneanu

Quillette Cetera

Once a Man, Never a Woman

In an extraordinary new book, Shannon Thrace describes her disintegrating marriage to a man consumed by narcissism and gender dysphoria.

QuilletteJonathan Kay

Podcast

Podcast #199: Andrew Lawton on the Legacy of Canada’s 2022 ‘Freedom Convoy’

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with True North journalist Andrew Lawton about his new Sutherland House book, The Freedom Convoy: The Inside Story of Three Weeks that Shook the World

QuilletteQuillette

From the Archives

Stopped Cold: Remembering Russia’s Catastrophic 1939 Campaign Against Finland

Free Thought Lives

QuilletteSean McMeekin

Tourist Journalism Versus the Working Class

Free Thought Lives

QuilletteKevin Mims

From Around the Web

Who Killed Creative Writing?

Thoughts on Alex Perez, Hobart magazine, and the price of literary citizenship

The Unspeakable with Meghan DaumMeghan Daum

Opinion | Now Even Science Grants Must Bow to ‘Equity and Inclusion’

Forget the Higgs boson and neutrinos. The Energy Department wants to know your diversity plan.

WSJLawrence Krauss

Jonathan Haidt: social media kills the internet utopia

Listen now (59 min) | What hath Twitter wrought?

Razib Khan's Unsupervised LearningRazib Khan