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Promises Made and (Eventually) Kept

Promises Made and (Eventually) Kept

The Declaration of Independence at 250.

Michael M. Rosen 1 Jul 2026 · 8 min read

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Gloomy Optimist

Jefferson emerges as a man who doubted democracy's permanence yet placed his faith in future generations. Onuf and Cogliano rescue him from caricature—even if one dimension of his thought remains in shadow.

Ron Capshaw 1 Jul 2026 · 6 min read

Dr. Laura Sauvé and Dr. Natasha Johnson pose before a stylised transgender pride/ flag background.

How Canada Jumped the Rails on ’Gender-Affirming Care’: A Quillette Investigation

The career arc of Canadian Paediatric Society president Natasha Johnson helps explain why her country has become such an outlier in the treatment of trans-identified children.

Jonathan Kay 29 Jun 2026 · 24 min read

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A Note from the Editor in Chief

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Dr. Laura Sauvé and Dr. Natasha Johnson pose before a stylised transgender pride/ flag background.

How Canada Jumped the Rails on ’Gender-Affirming Care’: A Quillette Investigation

The career arc of Canadian Paediatric Society president Natasha Johnson helps explain why her country has become such an outlier in the treatment of trans-identified children.

Jonathan Kay 29 Jun 2026 · 24 min read

Promises Made and (Eventually) Kept

Promises Made and (Eventually) Kept

The Declaration of Independence at 250.

Michael M. Rosen 1 Jul 2026 · 8 min read

Editorial composite featuring a black-and-white portrait of Thomas Jefferson in the foreground with Monticello in the background

Gloomy Optimist

Jefferson emerges as a man who doubted democracy's permanence yet placed his faith in future generations. Onuf and Cogliano rescue him from caricature—even if one dimension of his thought remains in shadow.

Ron Capshaw 1 Jul 2026 · 6 min read

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How Europe Became the World Champion of Heat Deaths

Maarten Boudry 24 Jun 2026 · 6 min read

Perceptions of Weakness

Perceptions of Weakness

Benny Morris 19 Jun 2026 · 13 min read

The Party of the Worker Is Now the Party of the Bureaucrat

The Party of the Worker Is Now the Party of the Bureaucrat

Claire Lehmann 19 Jun 2026 · 13 min read

Netanyahu in the shadows, back to camera.

An Electoral Reckoning at Last?

Benny Morris 12 Jun 2026 · 9 min read

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The Great Canadian Unmarked-Graves Social Panic (2021–2026)

Jonathan Kay 24 Jun 2026 · 35 min read

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Benedict Beckeld on Oikophobia, Islam, and the Crisis of Western Identity | Quillette Cetera Episode 66

Zoe Sankey, Benedict Beckeld 19 Jun 2026 · 39 min read

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Why the Enlightenment Matters

Iona Italia, Adam Wakeling 10 Jun 2026 · 29 min read

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"They Hate Australia": The Activists Behind the Gaza Flotilla and the Radical Left's Antizionist Turn | Quillette Cetera Ep. 65

Zoe Sankey 5 Jun 2026 · 28 min read

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Abolish Everything, Replace It With What?

Abolish Everything, Replace It With What?

John Aziz 1 Jul 2026 · 6 min read

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The Truth Does Not Belong to Eight Billion People

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In Bad Faith

In Bad Faith

Graham Daseler 29 Jun 2026 · 12 min read

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Dangerous Liaisons and the #MeToo Wars

Cathy Young 26 Jun 2026 · 21 min read

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The Crisis in the Humanities Is Not About Money

Abraham Wyner 26 Jun 2026 · 12 min read

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How Brexit Made Britain European

Luke Hallam 25 Jun 2026 · 5 min read

Agency and Adaptation

Agency and Adaptation

Tristan S. Rapp 25 Jun 2026 · 8 min read

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How Europe Became the World Champion of Heat Deaths

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State of Failure

Brian Stewart 24 Jun 2026 · 10 min read

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