The Puzzle of Generational Politics
Disenchantment is leading younger generations to embrace a politics marked by anger and alienation.
Joel Kotkin
· 11 min read
The German Left’s Jewish Dilemma
Many German leftists, mindful of the country’s past, still support Israel. But they risk being outnumbered by antisemitic Muslim immigrants and by decolonialist radicals.
Gerfried Ambrosch
· 11 min read
The Return of Right-Wing Cancel Culture
It is dispiriting to watch some of the staunchest critics of woke politics engaging in their own brand of cancel culture.
Josh Allan
· 6 min read
Podcast #244 : Language vs Reality with Nick Enfield
Iona Italia interviews linguistic anthropologist Nick Enfield about why language is good for lawyers and bad for scientists.
Quillette
· 37 min read
Texas Porn Star Massacres
Ti West’s clever and original ‘X’ trilogy is elevated postmodern horror at its finest and its director’s best work to date.
Allan Stratton
· 12 min read
Rereading Philip Roth Today
Roth’s early works portray Jewish characters who are fearful of antisemitism in America as paranoid. He later changed his mind—and so have I.
Peter C. Herman
· 12 min read
Life in China’s Crosshairs
For the Taiwanese, independence is not just a matter of national pride, it is a requisite for their dignity and their right to choose their own civilisational path.
Liam Hunt
· 9 min read
American Assassinations
Four deaths, two critical injuries, and three hairbreadth escapes. Not the best odds in a field of 46 presidents, so when one dodges a bullet, we’ve all been lucky.
Thomas Doherty
· 10 min read
Dutchmen on the Hudson
In the 21st instalment of ‘Nations of Canada,’ Greg Koabel describes how the arrival of Dutch fur traders sparked an upheaval in regional Indigenous geopolitics.
Greg Koabel
· 19 min read
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Richard Morton Jack’s comprehensive new biography of Nick Drake offers a glimpse of a brilliant but troubled soul.
Matt Hanson
· 10 min read
It’s the Narrative, Stupid!
Every time there is a shooting, everybody turns to their narrative. We all want our stories to be vindicated, and we are perplexed if the expected pattern does not emerge.
Fred Litwin
· 7 min read
An Interrupted Genocide
The widespread reluctance to describe the atrocities of 7 October correctly is an impediment to peace.
Jeffrey Herf
· 11 min read
Donald Trump and the Perils of Myth-Making
In the wake of the shooting, we should neither demonise nor sanctify Trump, but assess him by normal political standards.
Jason Garshfield
· 7 min read