Misinformation: A Flawed Concept “Believe those who seek the truth,” André Gide once wrote, “doubt those who find it.” The same can be said of falsehoods. Angel Eduardo / Adam Goldstein 28 Oct 2024 · 6 min read
The Shifting Sands of War A detailed look at the past year of war between Israel and its adversaries, as the battleground has shifted from Gaza to Lebanon and now to Iran. Benny Morris 28 Oct 2024 · 26 min read
DEI Without the Dogma A business-communications coach reflects on the connections between her college-era Marxist beliefs and the identity-based fixations that have come to dominate her industry. Evelina Silveira 28 Oct 2024 · 13 min read
Sonny Side Up Al Pacino’s personal life has been a bit of a train wreck, but his new memoir leaves no doubt that acting has been the most important thing in his life. Kevin Mims 28 Oct 2024 · 21 min read
Reading Nietzsche in Amsterdam Lale Gül’s autobiographical novel about a young Muslim woman living in the Netherlands has led to death threats and ostracism. But it is a work of admirable intelligence and courage. Brad Strotten 25 Oct 2024 · 7 min read
Males in the Tails? Greater male variability, biology, and bell curves. Theodore P. Hill 25 Oct 2024 · 18 min read
Podcast #256: Unreliable Sources Iona Italia talks to Jack Despain Zhou (aka Tracing Woodgrains) about the decline of standards at Wikipedia as a result of the obsessive efforts of ideologically motivated editors. Quillette 24 Oct 2024 · 49 min read
A Joke Too Far? Todd Phillips’s unfairly reviled sequel raises interesting questions about the artistic licence auteurs take with well-known properties. Allan Stratton 24 Oct 2024 · 11 min read
Surviving the Woke Workplace Helen Pluckrose has produced a practical guide to dealing with sticky workplace situations, alongside a clear intellectual account of social justice ideology. Helen Dale 23 Oct 2024 · 9 min read
A Half-Serious Man Boris Johnson got a couple of critical things right, but he never could or would have become a good prime minister. John Lloyd 22 Oct 2024 · 12 min read
Feminism and Free Speech Victoria’s proposed hate speech legislation forces feminists to choose which is more important to them: the restriction of misogynistic speech, or the protection of their own political speech. Holly Lawford-Smith 21 Oct 2024 · 5 min read
Catching the Starship: A Breakthrough for Humanity It is now more likely than not that humans will reach Mars, which will transform life on this planet and beyond. Peter Hague 20 Oct 2024 · 8 min read
Death of a Deluded Man Yahya Sinwar should be remembered above all as a failure whose fetish for Jewish—and Palestinian—blood turned Gaza into dust and rubble. John Aziz 19 Oct 2024 · 10 min read
Podcast #255: We Have Never Been Woke Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with scholar Musa al-Gharbi, whose acclaimed new book analyses the rise of progressive ideological orthodoxy as a means for elites to signal status and accumulate ‘cultural capital.’ Quillette 19 Oct 2024 · 11 min read
Blonde on Blonde Andrew Dominik’s much-maligned film about the life and death of a screen icon claws through the sentimental myth-making in search of terrible truths. Charlotte Allen 18 Oct 2024 · 32 min read