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Jihadis with blurred faces and masks holding up one finger in front of the ISIS flag.

The Return of the Black Flags

The conditions that first produced ISIS have been left to fester as part of a wider malign neglect toward the Muslim Middle East in the aftermath of the Iraq war.

Brian Stewart

10 Oct 2024 · 7 min read

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Misinformation Is Bad. Prohibiting It Is Worse

A proposed Australian law aimed at blocking false content would likely be applied selectively—and thereby further erode public trust in mainstream information sources.

The Quillette Editorial Board

29 Sep 2024 · 9 min read

Red child's dress on a wooden cross at night. Kamloops school lit up in red in the background.

Canada’s Faltering ‘Unmarked Graves’ Narrative Goes to Court

When lawyers asked the Law Society of British Columbia to correct the false claim that ‘the bodies of 215 children’ were discovered in Kamloops, the legal regulator accused them of bigotry.

Jonathan Kay

20 Sep 2024 · 11 min read

Tragedy and Half-Truths: A Gaza Diary

Atef Abu Saif’s ‘Don’t Look Left’ provides a vivid account of the horrors of daily life in the Gaza Strip, yet omits to mention Hamas’s role in the war.

Benny Morris

19 Sep 2024 · 15 min read

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Podcast #254: In Defence of Beauty

Iona Italia talks to artist Megan Gafford about how we have come to value statement-making over beauty and craftsmanship in art and architecture.

Quillette

9 Oct 2024 · 44 min read

Searching for Presidential Rhetoric

Students should study extensively the presidential rhetoric of earlier times, because it often demonstrates civility far better than the rhetoric of the present.