How Venezuelan Democracy Lost the Battle Against Castro
An interview with Venezuelan journalist Orlando Avendaño.
Jorge C. Carrasco
· 6 min read
Headline Rhymes
Graham Verdon
· 1 min read
Secular Morality Does Not Depend on Faith
Here, then, we have a secular ethics connected not to 'nothing,' but to a preference for justice, fairness, and impartiality.
Jerry A. Coyne
· 3 min read
Quillette Podcast 32 – Doriane Lambelet Coleman on the Caster Semenya Trial
Jonathan Kay talks to Doriane Lambelet Coleman, the 800m-runner-turned-academic, about the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s rejection of Caster Semenya’s appeal. As a result of the decision, Semenya will not be able to compete in women’s middle distance events unless she chemically alters her testosterone level. Doriane
Quillette
· 1 min read
The Communitarian Revival
The rising star of Pete Buttigieg—a young mayor of a blue-collar city whose political message leans heavily on the importance of faith and community and away from political orthodoxy—is a powerful testimony to the emerging market for applied communitarian thinking on the political Left.
John R. Wood, Jr.
· 10 min read
A Girl’s Place in the World
Men (and, less often, women as well) across societies all over the world have used violence in an attempt to control women’s reproductive outcomes and limit the choices available to them, and in many circumstances, men have benefited from doing so.
William Buckner
· 15 min read
After Academia
We need to stop wringing our hands over how to save academia and acknowledge that its disease is terminal. This need not be cause for solemnity; it can inspire celebration.
Allen Farrington
· 10 min read
To Stay Sane in an Age of Broken Politics, Admit What You Don't Know
Politics or reality show—the basic structure is the same: A cast of performers is presented to the public, with each seeking to get the most people to like them by the season finale.
James Altucher
· 11 min read
Against Scientism—A Rejoinder to Bo and Ben Winegard
Science is not the only form of knowledge. There are valid non-scientific ways of approaching reality.
Aaron Neil
· 8 min read
The Real Ballot Question in South Africa: How to Keep the Country from Falling Apart
Corruption, escalating unemployment, social unrest, and failing public infrastructure plague the nation.
R W Johnson
· 7 min read
Feminism's Blind Spot: the Abuse of Women by Non-White Men, Particularly Muslims
Some feminists in the West insist that the veil—not just the hijab, but also more restrictive coverings such as the burka—should be seen as not only benign, but actually empowering.
Louise Perry
· 10 min read
A Single Global Standard for Internet Content Regulation Is a Recipe for Censorship
If we are to realize Zuckerberg´s idea of an internet that is “safe” from “harmful” content, we will have to choose which groups get to enjoy a digital safe space.
Jacob Mchangama
· 13 min read
The Case for Nabokov
An even moderately careful reading of Lolita should make it quite clear that it’s anything but a “celebration” of child rape.
Cathy Young
· 13 min read
The Iraq War Was Not About Oil
American oil companies didn’t want to topple Saddam Hussein; they wanted to trade with him.
Tal Tyagi
· 11 min read
Policing the Creative Imagination
If sensitivity readers become a publishing institution, they will only incentivize more cautious, conservative, and ideologically homogenous books.
Craig DeLancey
· 9 min read