The Puzzle of Generational Politics Disenchantment is leading younger generations to embrace a politics marked by anger and alienation. Joel Kotkin 26 Jul 2024 · 11 min read
Texas Porn Star Massacres Ti West’s clever and original ‘X’ trilogy is elevated postmodern horror at its finest and its director’s best work to date. Allan Stratton 24 Jul 2024 · 12 min read
Rereading Philip Roth Today Roth’s early works portray Jewish characters who are fearful of antisemitism in America as paranoid. He later changed his mind—and so have I. Peter C. Herman 23 Jul 2024 · 12 min read
Dutchmen on the Hudson In the 21st instalment of ‘Nations of Canada,’ Greg Koabel describes how the arrival of Dutch fur traders sparked an upheaval in regional Indigenous geopolitics. Greg Koabel 20 Jul 2024 · 19 min read
The German Left’s Jewish Dilemma Many German leftists, mindful of the country’s past, still support Israel. But they risk being outnumbered by antisemitic Muslim immigrants and by decolonialist radicals. Gerfried Ambrosch 25 Jul 2024 · 11 min read
The Return of Right-Wing Cancel Culture It is dispiriting to watch some of the staunchest critics of woke politics engaging in their own brand of cancel culture. Josh Allan 25 Jul 2024 · 6 min read
Podcast #244 : Language vs Reality with Nick Enfield Iona Italia interviews linguistic anthropologist Nick Enfield about why language is good for lawyers and bad for scientists. Quillette 24 Jul 2024 · 37 min read
Life in China’s Crosshairs For the Taiwanese, independence is not just a matter of national pride, it is a requisite for their dignity and their right to choose their own civilisational path. Liam Hunt 23 Jul 2024 · 9 min read
American Assassinations Four deaths, two critical injuries, and three hairbreadth escapes. Not the best odds in a field of 46 presidents, so when one dodges a bullet, we’ve all been lucky. Thomas Doherty 21 Jul 2024 · 10 min read
It’s the Narrative, Stupid! Every time there is a shooting, everybody turns to their narrative. We all want our stories to be vindicated, and we are perplexed if the expected pattern does not emerge. Fred Litwin 18 Jul 2024 · 7 min read