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Terror and Transformation

Southeast Asia in World War II, Part Two: The Japanese Occupation and Its Repercussions

Imran Said 21 Feb 2026 · 12 min read

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Silence on Sudan

In Sudan, a civil war involving Arab supremacists backed by the UAE has left as many as 400,000 dead and displaced twelve million. The silence on campus is deafening.

Steven Strauss 21 Feb 2026 · 6 min read

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Nine Intellectual Virtues

Either universities appoint and promote professors who display and disseminate intellectual virtues, or they reward those who exemplify and cultivate intellectual vices.

Nigel Biggar 23 Feb 2026 · 6 min read

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Nine Intellectual Virtues

Either universities appoint and promote professors who display and disseminate intellectual virtues, or they reward those who exemplify and cultivate intellectual vices.

Nigel Biggar 23 Feb 2026 · 6 min read

Group of girls and young children standing outdoors in 1945 during Allied reoccupation of the Andaman Islands.

Terror and Transformation

Southeast Asia in World War II, Part Two: The Japanese Occupation and Its Repercussions

Imran Said 21 Feb 2026 · 12 min read

Sudanese soldiers in desert camouflage uniforms and helmets march with rifles during a military parade.

Silence on Sudan

In Sudan, a civil war involving Arab supremacists backed by the UAE has left as many as 400,000 dead and displaced twelve million. The silence on campus is deafening.

Steven Strauss 21 Feb 2026 · 6 min read

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The Quillette Editorial Board 31 Dec 2025 · 10 min read

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They Don’t Believe It Either

Maarten Boudry 19 Oct 2025 · 13 min read

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An Uneasy Peace

Benny Morris 15 Oct 2025 · 15 min read

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The Problem with Alt. Media

Matt Johnson 13 Oct 2025 · 14 min read

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The Melbourne Crimewave

Andrew Bushnell 11 Oct 2025 · 10 min read

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The Genocide Libel

Andrew Fox 9 Oct 2025 · 24 min read

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Podcast #325: Why We Need to Talk About Transgender School Shooters

Quillette 23 Feb 2026 · 3 min read

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Oikophobia and the Crisis of Western Democracy with Shany Mor | Quillette Cetera Ep. 62

Zoe Booth, Shany Mor 20 Feb 2026 · 32 min read

Podcast #324: Guests of the Nation

Podcast #324: Guests of the Nation

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Podcast #323: British Columbia’s Radical Political Landscape

Podcast #323: British Columbia’s Radical Political Landscape

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Bertrand Russell’s Cancellation and the Ongoing Battle Over Campus Speech

James Huffman 22 Feb 2026 · 7 min read

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Israel’s Ministry of Truth? An Interview with Gadi Taub

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The Housing Crisis Is Destroying Homeownership—and Undermining Democracy

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The Thornhill and Palmer Affair: When Evolutionary Biology Challenged Rape Orthodoxy

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The Cost of Indifference

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The Gender Identity Debate

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The Artemis Project

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The Moral Collapse of Empire

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