The Tyranny of Fragility
How Alexis de Tocqueville foretold the rise of victimhood culture.
Samuel Veissière
· 8 min read
Three Hard Truths About California’s Fire Crisis
Climate change makes fires more dangerous. Government competence matters. And preventing catastrophic fires requires expensive, unpopular measures.
Claire Lehmann
· 7 min read
Podcast #267: The Tragedy of California’s Wildfires
Jonathan Kay speaks with University of Southern California scholar William Deverell about what he calls the ‘new fire regime in the American West.’
Quillette
· 13 min read
A Perfectly Charming Chinese Girl
Against long odds and in the face of exclusionary casting, Anna May Wong bequeathed us an extraordinary cinematic legacy.
Thomas Doherty
· 11 min read
The (First) Conquest of Quebec
In the 24th instalment of ‘Nations of Canada,’ Greg Koabel describes how British adventurers briefly seized Quebec and Acadia following the Anglo-French War of 1627–29.
Greg Koabel
· 29 min read
This Is Not Late-Stage Capitalism
Automation, artificial intelligence, and robotics are set to redefine the relationship between labour, capital, and production.
John Aziz
· 7 min read
Keeping BDS Out of Academia: A Canadian Case Study
Recordings from a recent Brock University faculty union meeting illustrate the tactics that anti-Israel activists use to co-opt ostensibly neutral academic institutions.
Jonathan Kay
· 10 min read
Shame on Us for Ever Believing Him
Justin Trudeau convinced me he was a sunny patriot who’d unify Canada. What I got instead was a cynical culture warrior who smeared opponents as bigots and defamed my country as a genocide state.
Jonathan Kay
· 8 min read
China’s Autoimmune Disorder
China is now turning its rage inward.
Aaron Sarin
· 6 min read
Podcast #266: Reading and Writing Science
Iona Italia talks to eminent evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins about science, literature, and genetics.
Quillette, Richard Dawkins
· 23 min read
Against the Death Penalty
The state should not assume the right to end the lives of its citizens at will.
Ralph Leonard
· 9 min read
The New Middle East
The Hamas attack of 7 October 2023 set a series of events in motion that have shifted the balance of power in the region in a way the terrorists themselves never intended.
Benny Morris
· 13 min read
Unmasked and Anonymous
A brief history of Bob Dylan on screen.
Benjamin Kerstein
· 18 min read