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A Late Obituary for a Country: Yugoslavia (1918–1991)

Yugoslavia is dead, and it isn’t coming back.

Maria Vivod

13 Dec 2021 · 12 min read

Dominick Dunne, Writer of Wrongs

The success of the HBO TV series Succession and the recent feature film House of Gucci are proof that the wretched excesses of the fabulously wealthy never lose their audience appeal. Nobody knew that better than the late novelist and journalist Dominick Dunne. He spent the last 30 years of

Kevin Mims

11 Dec 2021 · 14 min read

Male and Female Athletic Performance: Worlds Apart

The different physical attributes of males and females have functional consequences for sports-relevant outputs.

Jon Pike, Emma Hilton, and Leslie A. Howe

11 Dec 2021 · 8 min read

Podcast #174: Trent Colbert Turns the Tables on Yale Law School’s Kafkaesque Diversity Department

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks with second-year law student Trent Colbert, who recorded YLS Diversity Director Yaseen Eldik and Associate Dean Ellen Cosgrove as they tried to strongarm him into a public confession.

Quillette / Jonathan Kay

10 Dec 2021 · 1 min read

The Eyes Have It

For the “new intellectual,” ultimately, the way forward has to be paved with nuance and understanding.

David Cohen

10 Dec 2021 · 10 min read

The Liar’s Club: Looking Back on Princeton

In 2017, I got the welcome news that I’d been admitted to Princeton University. At the time, I was ecstatic. And I remain humbly grateful for the education I received there. But now that I’ve graduated, I’m not sure the prize was worth the price I paid

Scott Newman

9 Dec 2021 · 9 min read

Weekly Roundup and Andrew Roberts on The Decline and Fall of American Imperium

Dear Readers, This week, we’re proud to present British historian Andrew Roberts on the decline and fall of American imperium, the sociopolitical effects of this hegemonic reconfiguring, and whether the fall of the United States is, indeed, inevitable. In addition, we have Joel Kotkin on the importance of work,

Claire Lehmann

8 Dec 2021 · 6 min read

Troll Exposure

Hell hath no fury like a trolled daughter’s father: When multiple media houses and friends of friends from far overseas approach me and my family over a devastating, soul-destroying, career-ending lie, then the time of any person to act has arrived. It’s time to protect your daughter and

Sean Welsh

8 Dec 2021 · 10 min read

George Makari's ‘Of Fear and Strangers’—A Review

French conservative radio host Éric Zemmour is mounting a presidential run, seeking to steal the mantle of right-wing populism from Marine Le Pen. Not only does the 63-year-old firebrand want to limit the number of immigrants who can come to France—a standard campaign promise for politicians of this type—

Zaid Jilani

8 Dec 2021 · 6 min read

Outback Australia and the Information Wars

How Maajid Nawaz and Tim Pool amplified misinformation about COVID-19 in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities, overshadowing the effective responses led by legitimate Aboriginal leaders.

Matthew Blackwell

7 Dec 2021 · 14 min read

What a Free Republic Owes Thomas Jefferson

Late in his life, John Adams sent a letter to his great political rival Thomas Jefferson in which he wrote, “You and I ought not to die before we have explained ourselves to each other.” Adams must have understood Jefferson by the end, because on the 50th anniversary of the

Brian Stewart

7 Dec 2021 · 8 min read

Work or Welfare?

If a man doesn’t have a job or an income, he has neither life nor liberty nor the possibility for the pursuit of happiness. He merely exists. ~Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968) Throughout history, work has been the common lot of humanity—at least, outside of the idle rich

Joel Kotkin

6 Dec 2021 · 10 min read

The Decline of American Empire: A Kübler-Ross Cycle Analysis

How will the United States react domestically should she be dislodged from her role of global top-dog power by China? As well as the obvious economic and strategic ramifications of an end to American imperium, there will be profound emotional and psychological effects on a society that has taken its

Andrew Roberts

4 Dec 2021 · 7 min read

Standards-Based Grading Will Ruin Education

Standards-based learning does lead to more equal outcomes, but only by flattening everyone down to a lower educational standard.

Auguste Meyrat

2 Dec 2021 · 7 min read

Weekly Roundup and Martina Navratilova on Protecting Women's Sports

Dear Quilletters, This week we’re pleased to bring you some unique pieces on fascinating topics. Along with law professor Doriane Coleman, 18-time Grand Slam winner Martina Navratilova offers us a critique of the International Olympic Committee's new rules for female competition in elite sport. Psychiatrist Sally Satel

Claire Lehmann

1 Dec 2021 · 7 min read