Andrew Yang—Technocratic Populist
Government and policy would be better off if they were presided over and/or dictated by technical experts.
Marshawn Brewer
· 12 min read
Meet the Gay Activists Who've Had Enough of Britain's Ultra-Woke Homophobes
Despite all the harassment to which LGB Alliance already has been subject, the group still got off to a flying start.
Helen Joyce
· 9 min read
PODCAST 61: Dr David Adesnik on ISIS, Syria and the Kurds
Dr David Adesnik, Director of Research at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, talks to Jonathan Kay about ISIS, Syria and the Kurds.
Quillette
· 1 min read
Denial and Defamation—The ITN-LM Libel Trial Revisited, Part Two: The Trial
The more someone invests in a lie, the more painful it becomes to renounce.
Jamie Palmer
· 35 min read
Denial and Defamation—The ITN-LM Libel Trial Revisited, Part One: The Camps
The story of the ITN trip to Bosnia—and the bitter quarrel about its reporting that followed—is a cautionary tale about the destructive and deranging effects of ideological hubris.
Jamie Palmer
· 33 min read
'For the Love of Men'—A Review
I am sure that men, and the world in general, would be better off if we could foster more intimate male friendships and more honest interaction between men and doctors but some idealised vision of male sensitivity might shatter when confronted with the stresses of the world.
Ben Sixsmith
· 7 min read
Toronto's Meghan Murphy Meltdown: A Case Study in Media-Driven Social Panic
In some cases, media bosses no longer even pretend that their staffers are anything but in-house social-justice activists.
Jonathan Kay
· 12 min read
Palestine Misunderstood
Humeniuk’s essay lends implicit support to the notion that a Palestinian state will be modern, open, and peaceful, if not positively progressive, and not the bastion of fanaticism that exists in Israelis’ fearful imagination.
Petra Marquardt-Bigman
· 10 min read
The Danger Is Real: Why We’re All Wired for ‘Constructive Conspiracism’
In recent years, psychologists and political scientists have identified several factors that influence conspiratorial thinking, such as political orientation, race and power (or the lack thereof). These are proximate causes of conspiracism.
Michael Shermer
· 10 min read
Frederick Douglass, The Columbian Orator, and the 1619 Project
This vision of universal human rights based on our common humanity was the common ground shared by these two antislavery giants in American history, and it is the common ground now renounced by the 1619 Project.
Joseph R. Fornieri
· 9 min read
The Simple Secret of Trump's Supreme Political Confidence: Old-Fashioned Fan Mail
The CPAC crowd loved Trump’s message—not his theatrics or his celebrity, but his message—and the fervent reaction to him far out-stripped that of every other speaker, including the many White House hopefuls who sought the GOP nomination in 2012.
Mark Halperin
· 7 min read
Polyamory Is Growing—And We Need To Get Serious About It
More people than ever are pursuing polyamorous, open, or swinging relationships.
Geoffrey Miller
· 13 min read
Jesse Singal on Being Harassed by a Slate Journalist Nicole Cliffe for Transgender Comments
Quillette Podcast 60
Quillette
· 1 min read
In Praise of Sylvia Plath's Forgotten (Sorority) Sister
A tragic early death can do wonders for a writer’s reputation. On October 27, Google dedicated its search page to the late Sylvia Plath, who would have turned 87 that day, had she not taken her own life, at the age of 30, back in 1963. It seems unlikely
Kevin Mims
· 8 min read
The Return of the 'Witch Hunt' Analogy
The best way to prevent such perennial misuse of the “witch hunt” label would be for Americans to stop themselves before they allow their moral fervor to get out of control and run roughshod over the legal rights of others—in other words, to refrain from witch hunting in the first place.
Tony Fels
· 9 min read