Making Fiction Boring
The ideological capture of college writing programs has ushered in an age of didactic, anodyne, and tedious books.
Adam Szetela
· 14 min read
The Central Dichotomy
An appreciation of Richard Herzinger (1957–2025).
Jeffrey Herf
· 7 min read
Podcast #307: From Cult Child to Chess Wunderkind
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Danny Rensch about his astounding journey from the ‘Church of Immortal Consciousness’ to the role of Chief Chess Officer at Chess.com.
Quillette
· 30 min read
Ballad of a Song and Dance Man
An unorthodox new book by one of America’s finest nonfiction authors tries to make sense of Bob Dylan.
Ronald Radosh
· 20 min read
They Don’t Believe It Either
The “Gaza genocide” calumny has become the Left’s equivalent of the “stolen election” hoax on the American Right—a baseless accusation that signals ideological allegiance precisely because it defies logic and evidence.
Maarten Boudry
· 13 min read
David’s Unholstered Sling
Lessons from 7 October and the 2023–25 war.
Brian Stewart
· 17 min read
The Honour and the Duty
Yossi Cohen has written a bracing and lively memoir about his time as head of Mossad.
Michael M. Rosen
· 6 min read
Treating Huntington’s
A new gene therapy that relies on gain-of-function research promises a breakthrough in neurodegenerative medicine and provides new hope for sufferers from a horrific disease.
Henry I. Miller
· 7 min read
Romance Across the Divide with David Christopher Kaufman | Quillette Cetera Ep. 55
David Kaufman on what followed when a Palestinian date mentioned genocide—in bed—with a Zionist.
Zoe Booth, David Christopher Kaufman
· 22 min read
Terminators and Parrots: AI in the Era of GPTs
The hyperbole surrounding AGI misrepresents the capabilities of current AI systems and distracts attention from the real threats that these systems are creating.
Shalom Lappin
· 9 min read
A Heretic Reprieved
Academic freedom is most vital when contested work is controversial or liable to cause offence.
Abhishek Saha
· 13 min read
Israel’s Hard-Won Victory
The Jewish state has secured its borders, recovered all living hostages, and put its enemies on notice as to what awaits them if they attempt a reprise of 7 October.
The Quillette Editorial Board
· 6 min read
We Need to Talk About Trans-Identified Killers
The list of violent criminals who imagine they were ‘born in the wrong body’ is growing.
Forest Romm, Kevin Waldman
· 12 min read
An Uneasy Peace
Trump’s peace plan brings the hostages home and halts fighting in Gaza, but Hamas’s refusal to disarm and Israeli concerns about Palestinian statehood threaten the deal’s long-term survival.
Benny Morris
· 15 min read
Rewarding Rejectionism
A new book by two former peace processors makes clear that statehood was never the goal of the Palestinian cause.
Shany Mor
· 12 min read