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In the Air Tonight

How Phil Collins created the pop sound that defined the 1980s.

Jacob Bielecki 23 Apr 2026 · 12 min read

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Can Blackface Be Anti-Racist?

In her early comedy career, Sarah Silverman mocked bigots by impersonating them. What could possibly go wrong?

Jacques Berlinerblau 22 Apr 2026 · 10 min read

A woman at a protest holds a sign saying "Decolonisation is not a metaphor."

What Did You Think Decolonisation Meant?

Decolonisation theory operates as a rigid, Manichaean ideology that neatly divides the world into evil perpetrators and innocent victims.

Maarten Boudry 20 Apr 2026 · 7 min read

What Did You Think Decolonisation Meant?

Decolonisation theory operates as a rigid, Manichaean ideology that neatly divides the world into evil perpetrators and innocent victims.

Maarten Boudry 20 Apr 2026 · 7 min read

In the Air Tonight

How Phil Collins created the pop sound that defined the 1980s.

Jacob Bielecki 23 Apr 2026 · 12 min read

Can Blackface Be Anti-Racist?

In her early comedy career, Sarah Silverman mocked bigots by impersonating them. What could possibly go wrong?

Jacques Berlinerblau 22 Apr 2026 · 10 min read

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Documenting a Decade of Academic Meltdowns

Quillette 21 Apr 2026 · 3 min read

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The Wrong Man

Michael J. Totten 17 Apr 2026 · 11 min read

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The Battle for the Strait

Benny Morris 13 Apr 2026 · 9 min read

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Addressing the Academic Skew

Jesse Smith 8 Apr 2026 · 6 min read

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Documenting a Decade of Academic Meltdowns

Quillette 21 Apr 2026 · 3 min read

Podcast #333: The Search for Truth

Quillette, Michael Shermer, Iona Italia 9 Apr 2026 · 1 min read

Podcast #332: The Historical Case for Israel

Quillette 7 Apr 2026 · 3 min read

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What Australia Can Learn from Israel’s Assimilation Success

Zoe Booth 2 Apr 2026 · 8 min read

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Apocalypse Soon?

Henry I. Miller 22 Apr 2026 · 8 min read

Canada’s 215 Imaginary Martyrs

Jonathan Kay 21 Apr 2026 · 9 min read

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The Professor and the Pariah

Michael Cohen 20 Apr 2026 · 7 min read

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Hasan Piker Is the Enemy

Brian Stewart 19 Apr 2026 · 10 min read

UN General Assembly hall showing voting results for Item 119 A/80/L.48, 25 March 2026: 123 in favour, 3 against, 52 abstentions.

The UN’s Historically Selective Denunciation of Human Bondage

Brian Stewart 18 Apr 2026 · 9 min read

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Infinite Ingenuity: Andy Weir’s Optimistic Vision in ‘Project Hail Mary’

Iona Italia 17 Apr 2026 · 14 min read

The Wrong Man

Michael J. Totten 17 Apr 2026 · 11 min read

The Iran War: An Explainer

Quillette 17 Apr 2026 · 5 min read

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Postliberalism After Hungary

Matt Johnson 15 Apr 2026 · 13 min read

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Move 37 and the Coming Mindhack

Michael Morgenstern 15 Apr 2026 · 15 min read

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The Final Frontier

Stephen Fleming 14 Apr 2026 · 10 min read

The Tragedy of Murdered Indigenous Women is Real. So How Did Activists Turn It Into a Punch Line?

Jonathan Kay 14 Apr 2026 · 6 min read

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