Out with the Old...
Forecasts that Nigel Farage will become UK prime minister now attract expressions of anxious concern not mockery from the liberal commentariat.
John Lloyd
· 7 min read
The Rare Earth Wars
New mining frontiers are opening up in Greenland, Brazil, Tanzania, and Australia. In no time at all, historically speaking, Beijing’s advantage will disappear. That is a relief, but it is also a concern.
Aaron Sarin
· 7 min read
The Liberation Tariffs: Worse Than an Oil Embargo?
This won’t be Great Depression 2.0. But this trade war will cost America and the world many innovations and great prosperity.
Garett Jones
· 6 min read
Podcast #284: Lessons from the Luddites on Adapting to AI
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Washington Post columnist and TED Talker Megan McArdle about the short-term pain—and long-term gain—heralded by the AI revolution.
Quillette
· 2 min read
Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes
Those who ignore politically inconvenient information about affirmative action are more interested in defending a narrative than in actually solving a problem.
Erec Smith
· 9 min read
One Hundred Days of Ineptitude
Even those of us who sounded alarms before the November election underestimated just how unhinged the second Trump presidency would turn out to be.
Cathy Young
· 13 min read
Israel’s Perfect Failure
Israeli intelligence and the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023.
Uri Bar-Joseph
· 19 min read
Canada’s Newest Identity, Made in the USA
Last week’s federal election, decided amidst a spasm of anti-Trump fervour, reflects a long Canadian trend.
Jonathan Kay
· 5 min read
The Druse Connection
The ongoing Arab–Israeli war appears to be entering a new escalatory phase, in which the eye of the storm has shifted to Syria and Yemen, as well as back to Gaza.
Benny Morris
· 11 min read
The Settlers: An Incomplete Portrayal
Louis Theroux’s new documentary suggests that he is unfamiliar with the complex history behind the Israeli occupation of The West Bank, and does not understand the political and ideological factors at stake there.
John Aziz
· 8 min read
Christopher Rufo’s Pyrrhic Victory
Instead of building the broadest possible coalition for his cause, Rufo is busy making enemies of potential allies.
Matt Johnson
· 20 min read
The Age When Nothing Fits
‘Rebel Without a Cause’ remains a landmark classic, seventy years after its release.
Jarrod Sturnieks
· 12 min read
Liberalism as the Shining City on a Hill
Why we all need to read Benny Morris.
Megan Gafford
· 19 min read
Podcast #283: Free Speech in Australia
Iona Italia talks to Alan Davison about censorship, self-censorship, the Online Safety Act and other threats to free speech in Australia.
Quillette, Alan Davison
· 42 min read
Fixing Our Housing Crisis
How a house pricing guarantee could encourage homeowners to accept higher-density neighbourhoods.
Tim Blomfield
· 7 min read