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A Perfect Storm

How Muslim and Christian antisemitism have converged with anti-Israel sentiment—some of it justified—to fuel the Free Palestine protests across the West.

Benny Morris 28 Oct 2025 · 10 min read

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Owned by the Audience

Online audiences have become increasingly radicalised by predatory algorithms pushing conspiratorial, schizophrenic narratives and content creators are rewarded for feeding into them.

Corey Walker 28 Oct 2025 · 5 min read

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The Scandal of Ana Caldas, and the Case for Sex Screening in Female Athletics

Caldas’s tragicomic sixteen-year saga—spanning record-breaking runs in four sports—demonstrates just how far some male athletes will go to hide their true identities.

Jonathan Kay 30 Oct 2025 · 17 min read

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Athlete wearing black-and-yellow Anthem gear, with teammates in the background. Lightly blurred and stylised image.

The Scandal of Ana Caldas, and the Case for Sex Screening in Female Athletics

Caldas’s tragicomic sixteen-year saga—spanning record-breaking runs in four sports—demonstrates just how far some male athletes will go to hide their true identities.

Jonathan Kay 30 Oct 2025 · 17 min read

Section of a 1493 woodcut depicting the story of Simon of Trent with figures in a religious setting.

A Perfect Storm

How Muslim and Christian antisemitism have converged with anti-Israel sentiment—some of it justified—to fuel the Free Palestine protests across the West.

Benny Morris 28 Oct 2025 · 10 min read

Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Nick Fuentes, Ana Kasparian. Split-screen with a digital distortion effect

Owned by the Audience

Online audiences have become increasingly radicalised by predatory algorithms pushing conspiratorial, schizophrenic narratives and content creators are rewarded for feeding into them.

Corey Walker 28 Oct 2025 · 5 min read

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 · 14 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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The Masses and the Market

Joel Kotkin 26 Sep 2025 · 11 min read

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Quillette Podcast #308: Machetes in Melbourne

Quillette, Andrew Bushnell 27 Oct 2025 · 27 min read

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Podcast #307: From Cult Child to Chess Wunderkind

Quillette 20 Oct 2025 · 30 min read

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Zoe Booth, David Christopher Kaufman 17 Oct 2025 · 22 min read

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The Malpractice of Menopausal Medicine Reveals a Broken Medical System

Amy Alkon 8 Oct 2025 · 14 min read

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The Art of Middle Eastern Pillow Talk

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The Liberal Case against Human Rights

Renie Anjeh 27 Oct 2025 · 15 min read

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A Self-Created Tyrant

Ron Capshaw 25 Oct 2025 · 6 min read

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Appetite for Destruction

Julia Friedman 25 Oct 2025 · 8 min read

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The Middle East Will Not Improve

Eric Bordenkircher 24 Oct 2025 · 10 min read

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Inside the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s War-Zone Aid Operation

Pamela Paresky 23 Oct 2025 · 27 min read

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Terror’s Intelligence Apparatus

Daniel Allington 22 Oct 2025 · 7 min read

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The Central Dichotomy

Jeffrey Herf 21 Oct 2025 · 7 min read

Ballad of a Song and Dance Man

Ronald Radosh 20 Oct 2025 · 19 min read

Protesters hold pro-Palestinian banners and an Iranian flag, including one reading “Zionism Is Racism—Victory to the Intifada.”

They Don’t Believe It Either

Maarten Boudry 19 Oct 2025 · 13 min read

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David’s Unholstered Sling

Brian Stewart 18 Oct 2025 · 17 min read

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The Honour and the Duty

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