Quillette’s Jonathan Kay talks to UFO expert Michael Shermer about why we keep searching the skies for signs of alien visitors (and why we always come away disappointed). Listen onSpotify Transcript: Jonathan Kay: Welcome to the Quillette podcast. I’m Jonathan Kay, speaking to you from Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
The most expansive interpretations of NAGPRA’s provisions now serve to place Indigenous oral traditions, which typically include religious stories, on equal footing with traditional forms of scientific evidence such as DNA analysis.
The collective wisdom of the tax-paying citizenry—literally the sense of the commons—is very often correct.
Without faith or nation, there is no greater whole beyond the individual.
They came to build the future and make money in the process.
The Jochid khans considered the Russian principalities part of their dominion.
Face recognition gives law enforcement this unique authority, this unique power, that does pose risks to our constitutional rights, and this needs to be very closely scrutinized now.
A new strategy is required that balances authority with humility.
But often it seems that means and end have become reversed, and that these crimes now serve as a prop in the larger ideological campaign against our supposedly white-supremacy-saturated culture—a campaign that Asians themselves are now being pressured to join.
Puberty had been distressing and rough. He’d began to cut himself, and saw transition as a way out.
Quillette’s Razib Khan speaks with veteran science writer Nicholas Wade about why so many scientists and journalists are now exploring theories about the origins of COVID-19 that, not so long, ago, were being dismissed as conspiracy theories. Articles discussed in this podcast * Origin of COVID—Following the Clues:
But we must also strive to raise realistic, resilient children who are better prepared for life’s quotidian challenges.
The difference between the civil rights movement and CRT isn’t one of degree or shade. It’s foundational.
An embrace of the art for art’s sake ideal is the greatest defense for artists against self-censorship. Those who defend art from moralizing or censure—who accept the reality of art’s autonomy—are those who see art for what it is.
Taking advantage of the post-pandemic era may start with securing national health but will depend over time on creating better conditions for adaptive grassroots businesses.