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.
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.
The widespread reluctance to describe the atrocities of 7 October correctly is an impediment to peace.
In the wake of the shooting, we should neither demonise nor sanctify Trump, but assess him by normal political standards.
Jonathan Kay speaks to fellow podcast host Kushal Mehra about the ‘eerie similarities’ between censorship campaigns in India and Canada.
The failure of the Secret Service to provide adequate protection to a standard-bearer for one of the major parties is the latest example of American breakdown.
The history of Africa isn’t the history of the ‘black race,’ but a vital part of the history of human civilisation.
In trying to assassinate Donald Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks inadvertently provided Trump with an opportunity to display the very qualities that have made him a cult icon.
On the anniversary of Richard Bilkszto’s suicide, a Quillette investigation explores how Ontario’s public school system was radicalised by ‘equity thought leaders’ such as Kike Ojo-Thompson.
The Rassemblement National was thwarted by a coalition of convenience, but it remains the party with the largest grip on French voters.
A wiser Russian leadership could transform Siberia from a region known for penal colonies and poverty into one of prosperity and connectivity.
The case against retweets, what’s wrong with the War on Terror, equality in light of difference, and more.
Iona Italia talks to Robert Zubrin, who argues that Mars offers an extraordinary wealth of social and intellectual opportunities that would enrich humanity. And we can get there soon.
The story of William Cobbett and the American Revolutionary culture wars.
Richard Matheson, George R. Stewart, and the birth of the Calipocalypse.