The Emperor’s New Score
Classical music was one of the first fields to impose the self-censorship that now pervades so many areas of intellectual and cultural life.
Nicholas McRoberts
· 5 min read
Rumble on the Royal Mile
Scottish feminists are angry that an accomplished male sculptor has been commissioned to make a statue of a suffragette.
Aidan Harte
· 5 min read
Red Spies and Lies
Clay Risen’s new book about the American “Red Scare” emphasises the injustices of anti-communism but minimises the true extent and danger of communist infiltration.
Ronald Radosh
· 23 min read
Podcast #277: Anti-Zionism, Past and Present
An interview with scholar Izabella Tabarovsky about the Soviet roots of contemporary anti-Zionism and antisemitism.
Quillette, Izabella Tabarovsky
· 31 min read
Fatuous Moral Humility
The pope is not a source of ethical wisdom.
Brian Stewart
· 5 min read
Christianity and the American Polity with Jonathan Rauch
Quillette
· 1 min read
The Canadian Episode—Trump’s Tariffs and Trudeau’s Travails
Quillette
· 1 min read
David Frum on Donald Trump’s Betrayal of Ukraine
Quillette
· 1 min read
Ritual Circumcision and Painful Initiation Rites in Aboriginal Australia
Quillette
· 1 min read
Stalin, Putin, and the Corruption of History
The history of Soviet totalitarianism is now being rewritten.
Andy Owen
· 13 min read
Awaiting a New Scottish Enlightenment
No country has tried harder to erase biology in the name of transgender rights. But thanks to the efforts of Scotland’s independent-minded feminists, the tide may finally be turning.
Joan Smith
· 19 min read
How Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey Help Russia Evade Sanctions
Quillette
· 1 min read
Communism's Christian Roots with Sean McMeekin
Quillette
· 1 min read
The Language of Soviet Propaganda (Narrated)
Quillette
· 1 min read
Something I Need
A tribute to groundbreaking pop star Melanie Safka (1947–2024).
Dave Thompson
· 15 min read