Are Gamer Stereotypes Accurate?
An FBI investigation into the episode produced a heavily redacted report that satisfied no one.
Christopher J. Ferguson
· 8 min read
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: COVID-19 Shows We Can’t Have It All
Which brings us back to COVID-19. By one estimate, 80,000 Americans died from flu-related illnesses during the 2017 — 2018 flu season.
Zaid Jilani
· 7 min read
Yes, People Are Dying. But It’s Still Okay to Worry About Your Job
When people are dying horrible deaths in isolation from loved ones, and essential workers are putting themselves and their families at risk by going into danger zones, this isn’t the time to focus on how much we’ll “repay” young, healthy people who, though worried and unemployed, are safe at home.
Dan Meegan
· 7 min read
PODCAST 86: Dr Michael Shermer on His New Book Giving the Devil His Due
Science writer, author and Skeptic editor-in-chief Michael Shermer talks to Toby Young about his new book Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist. They talk about a range of free speech issues, including hate speech, Holocaust denial, the Pentagon Papers and Wikileaks.
Quillette, Michael Shermer, Toby Young
· 1 min read
COVID-19 and Liberalism
If liberal strategies end up providing weaker results than illiberal ones, liberals might want to revise not only their COVID-19 policy, but also some of their broader assumptions about human nature.
Kristijan Fidanovski
· 9 min read
Farewell, My Lovely
Chinatown is a remarkable blend of screenwriter Robert Towne and director Roman Polanski’s antipodal sensibilities.
Graham Daseler
· 14 min read
Seven Reflections on Isolation
Social isolation can be so stressful that it “disrupts brain development (in younger members of social species) and leads to mental health problems later in life.”
Marc Frazier
· 11 min read
I’m a Nurse. But No, I Don’t Want to Be a Hero
In some cases, the efforts of nurses and doctors have been called heroic, especially in hot spots such as Italy and New York City.
Amy Eileen Hamm
· 5 min read
Will There Be a New Cold War with China? A Reply to Niall Ferguson
Americans have suddenly grown fearful of the growth of Chinese power.
Matt Johnson
· 9 min read
Pell’s Pyrrhic Victory
Pell became a public target onto which a deep well of private resentment—much of which was wholly irrelevant to his own conduct—could be directed when the opportunity arose.
RJ Smith
· 6 min read
PODCAST 85: Dr Jemma Geoghegan on How Viruses Evolve and the Lessons We Can Learn About Social Distancing From Fish, Dogs and Rabbits
Dr Jemma Geoghegan, a virologist at the University of Otago, talks to Jonathan Kay about how viruses evolve and the lessons we can learn about social distancing from fish, dogs and rabbits. She is the co-author of several papers in evolutionary virology, including ‘Hidden diversity and evolution of viruses in
Quillette
· 1 min read
Quillette's Quarantine Book Club: Readers Offer Their Suggestions, Part I
The series begins after the violence of the war to end all wars and ends in a time of strangely familiar contagion and spasmodic collapse.
Jonathan Kay
· 7 min read
Immigration and Inequality
For people without a foothold in the new service and financial businesses, it was harder to make ends meet.
Christopher Caldwell
· 8 min read
Where’s Harvey Weinstein Headed? It’s a Place I Know
Many people want to know where Harvey Weinstein is headed, especially now that it’s been revealed that he’s been infected with COVID-19.
Daniel Genis
· 6 min read
Sickness and Stoicism
And if indeed “everything hangs on one’s thinking,” as he and his philosophical heirs frequently remind us, then this pandemic is just as much an opportunity as it is a curse.
Roy Wayne Meredith III
· 7 min read