Too Much Chocolate Fifty years of Robert Cormier’s “classic” young-adult novel is more than enough. Kevin Mims 13 Jun 2024 · 9 min read A still from the 1988 film The Chocolate War directed by Keith Gordon.
Podcast #256: Unreliable Sources Iona Italia talks to Jack Despain Zhou (aka Tracing Woodgrains) about the decline of standards at Wikipedia as a result of the obsessive efforts of ideologically motivated editors. Quillette 24 Oct 2024 · 49 min read
A Joke Too Far? Todd Phillips’s unfairly reviled sequel raises interesting questions about the artistic licence auteurs take with well-known properties. Allan Stratton 24 Oct 2024 · 11 min read
Surviving the Woke Workplace Helen Pluckrose has produced a practical guide to dealing with sticky workplace situations, alongside a clear intellectual account of social justice ideology. Helen Dale 23 Oct 2024 · 9 min read
A Half-Serious Man Boris Johnson got a couple of critical things right, but he never could or would have become a good prime minister. John Lloyd 22 Oct 2024 · 12 min read
Feminism and Free Speech Victoria’s proposed hate speech legislation forces feminists to choose which is more important to them: the restriction of misogynistic speech, or the protection of their own political speech. Holly Lawford-Smith 21 Oct 2024 · 5 min read
Catching the Starship: A Breakthrough for Humanity It is now more likely than not that humans will reach Mars, which will transform life on this planet and beyond. Peter Hague 20 Oct 2024 · 8 min read