The Schenker Controversy
History is complicated, people are complicated, and Schenker himself was a complex individual.
Timothy L. Jackson
· 21 min read
Academic Ideologues Are Corrupting STEM. The Silent Liberal Majority Must Fight Back
We need to break the spell of illiberal ideology, and come back to our collective senses—to stop self-censoring in fear of the mob and excusing nonsense in the name of political allyship, and to start defending the values of pluralism, humanism, and democracy.
Anna Krylov and Jay Tanzman
· 10 min read
Fund Science on the Basis of Scientists‘ Work, Not Their Identity
The available numbers don’t tell us if there was any evidence of systemic bias in the underlying grant criteria, or in the evaluation of applications against those criteria.
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 6 min read
Weekly Roundup and a Late Obituary for Yugoslavia
Dear Quilletters, This week, Maria Vivod brings us a visceral portrait of Yugoslavia on the 30th anniversary of its demise. Our new Associate Editor, Scott Newman, reflects on his time at Princeton and provides a sharp critique of the elite college treadmill. On our podcast, Jon Kay sits down with
Claire Lehmann
· 6 min read
Brutal and Unreformed
Sam Peckinpah’s ‘Straw Dogs’ at 50.
Charlotte Allen
· 33 min read
The Aristocracy of Talent—A Review
Wooldridge argues that meritocracy can only survive if it is infused with an ethos that prioritizes virtue, applying talent to ends that ennoble rather than enrich.
Razib Khan
· 12 min read
A Late Obituary for a Country: Yugoslavia (1918–1991)
Yugoslavia is dead, and it isn’t coming back.
Maria Vivod
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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 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 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
· 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
· 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
· 6 min read