Weekly Roundup
Zoe Booth
· 3 min read
McCartney at 80
Four score years of ordinary genius.
Christopher J. Snowdon
· 22 min read
Dostoevsky and the Pleasure of Taking Offense
Much of history is a tale of excessive offense-taking.
Anthony Eagan
· 14 min read
A Life Worthwhile
The dignity that comes with a job is more important than the salary.
Magnus Henrekson
· 11 min read
Ricky Gervais Knows No Fear
The comedian's new Netflix special has its weak spots. But when it comes to goring gender ideology's sacred cows, no one does it better
Allan Stratton
· 9 min read
The Cause of America’s Gun-Death Epidemic? It’s Guns
When comparing state to state, and nation to nation, more firearms usually means more firearms-related deaths
Michael Shermer
· 11 min read
Do Animals Have Rights?—A Roundtable
Editor's note: Quillette asked three scholars to reflect on the debate about animal rights. If you would like to contribute to this discussion, please send a response of ~800 words to [email protected]. I. Animals have rights Bo Winegard is an essayist and holds a PhD in
Bo Winegard, Nathanial Bork, and Jake Scott
· 18 min read
Progressivism, Sexuality, and Mental Illness
Is contemporary liberal-left culture producing greater mental distress?
Eric Kaufmann
· 12 min read
The Burden of the Best?
From self-belief to self-care.
Steve Salerno
· 13 min read
Weekly Roundup
Zoe Booth
· 4 min read
Curtis Yarvin: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
At the center of neoreactionary thinking is a cluster of unworkable ideas.
Max Borders
· 15 min read
In Southeast Asia, the Bad Guys are Staging a Comeback
Across Southeast Asia, former autocrats are staging their comebacks, exploiting ethnic and religious divisions, as well as fragile institutions. In Myanmar, a decade of cautious democratisation was violently upended by a military coup last year, while, in more recent times, once-disgraced kleptocratic forces in the Philippines and Malaysia have managed
Imran Said
· 8 min read
Free Speech and Due Process at Princeton: The Case of Joshua Katz
The treatment of a dissident professor raises serious questions about the university’s actions
Robert P. George
· 10 min read
Reconsidering the City
If they are to survive and thrive, cities need to become more people-friendly.
Joel Kotkin
· 10 min read
An Apology of the Body
Among the earliest meditations on the relationship between the body and soul are the dialogues of Socrates. Drawing from three different works—Plato’s Apology, Phaedo, and Xenophon’s Memorabilia—Socrates argues for the broad moral appeal of improving one’s body, the significance of which far exceeds the domain
Joe Lombardo
· 9 min read