Is State Protection a Threat to Liberal Democracy?
Protection at the cost of a planned economy and a surveillance state would be no protection at all.
Ross Stitt
· 12 min read
For Journalists, The New York Times' Social-Justice Meltdown Is a Sign of Things to Come
If you want to get a glimpse into the future of journalism—not to mention poetry, music, fiction, and all the rest—these tempests offer a good taste of what’s to come.
Jonathan Kay
· 11 min read
Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class—A Review
Charles Murray believes in the values of Enlightenment: science and knowledge, truth and progress.
Dario Maestripieri
· 8 min read
PODCAST 94: Professor Glenn Loury on Racial Unrest in America
Glenn Loury, a professor of economics at Brown University, talks to Jonathan Kay about the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd. Professor Loury recently published a piece about this in Quillette entitled Condemn the Violence Without Equivocation.
Quillette, Glenn C. Loury
· 1 min read
JK Rowling Is Right—Sex Is Real and It Is Not a "Spectrum"
Biological sex in humans is a binary system.
Colin Wright
· 14 min read
The Battle for Russian Journalism
Opinion, he says, is not the same as activism and purely objective journalism does not exist.
Alexandra Vladimirova and John Lloyd
· 12 min read
As America Simmers, Corporate America Racks Up the Retweets
This isn’t virtue signalling because a corporation is a legal fiction—and so it doesn’t have virtue to signal.
Sam Ashworth-Hayes
· 7 min read
Meet Critical Theorists' Latest Target: Critical Theorists
Wæver has dedicated his career to the idea that some of the most consequential forms of political activity and statecraft should be viewed through the lens of unspoken societal power hierarchies.
Kathrine Jebsen Moore
· 10 min read
Goodbye to Hong Kong?
For classical liberals, Hong Kong had been a beacon of hope for half a century.
Marian L. Tupy
· 6 min read
PODCAST 93: David Frum on His New Book, Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy
David Frum talks to Jonathan Kay about the damage done by the Trump presidency and the way forward for America. His new book is Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy.
Quillette, Jonathan Kay
· 1 min read
Condemn this Violence without Equivocation
The protests are not merely the legitimate exercise of constitutional rights to assemble and to petition our government—they are essential for sustaining the moral health of our democracy.
Glenn C. Loury
· 4 min read
Pandemics and Pandemonium
Cities in which inequality has been allowed to deepen for a generation now need to find new strategies that provide hope and fairer policies to their poorer residents. The alternative is watching them burn when minority and working class resentment inevitably erupts.
Joel Kotkin
· 12 min read
A Rainy Day in New York—A Review
This is the territory with which Allen feels most familiar and confident—a spare, crisp, and yet intricately plotted tale that juggles characters and situations with sensitivity and bathos.
David Evanier
· 10 min read
America's Black Communities Are Suffering. Violent Protests Will Make the Suffering Worse
All in all, the evidence suggests that violent protests and rioting empower right-wing political forces, provide an opportunity for gangs to enrich themselves and exploit destabilized local populations, impoverish property owners, and harm long-term economic fortunes.
Zaid Jilani
· 9 min read
Fighting COVID-19: Australia’s (Largely Untold) Success Story
Australians know that other countries are still suffering under lockdown, and that even within Australia, some regions are still suffering terribly.
Claire Lehmann
· 8 min read