The Ultimate ‘Concept Creep’: How a Canadian Inquiry Strips the Word ‘Genocide’ of Meaning
All societies lie to themselves about genocide. But the nature of the lies change over time.
Jonathan Kay
· 9 min read
Considering the Male Disposability Hypothesis
A 2016 study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science found that people are more willing to sacrifice men than women in a time of crisis and that they are more willing to inflict harm on men than on women.
Maria Kouloglou
· 8 min read
François Furet: A Man For Our Season
Furet feared that there now appeared to be a simultaneous deadening of politics as the apparently unchallengeable hegemony of quasi-liberal democracy grew, and a dangerous backlash against the system.
Joshua David
· 10 min read
Watching My Own Excommunication—on a Facebook Video
The behavior on display in that video didn’t originate in a place of reason, but rather the realm of spiritual passions.
Sky Gilbert
· 11 min read
Why We Should Read Machiavelli
Machiavelli focused his analysis of power not on ideals, but on the feasible. In affairs of state, virtue was a matter of efficacy, not piety.
Jonathan Church
· 8 min read
The Bitter Debate over School Discipline
It may be neither politically correct nor pleasant to argue that aggregate group differences in behavior exist, but it’s essential for policymakers to have the proper diagnosis lest the prescribed cure do more harm than good.
Max Eden
· 6 min read
How ‘Limbic Capitalism’ Preys on Our Addicted Brains
The more rapid and intense the brain reward they imparted, the likelier they were to foster pathological learning and craving, particularly among socially and genetically vulnerable consumers.
David Courtwright
· 11 min read
Why Don't Women Vote For Feminist Parties?
It is naïve to imagine that female voters will necessarily support feminist goals, even when they would benefit from them. Feminists have known this for a long time.
Louise Perry
· 11 min read
Origins and Exploration—An Interview with Dr. Lewis Dartnell
One of the big questions in evolutionary biology is: what drove our evolution from tree-swinging apes to bipedal, highly intelligent homonins that went on to build civilization and inherit the world?
Logan Chipkin
· 14 min read
Progressivism at the University of Melbourne: No Cause for Alarm
The University of Melbourne is situated in the country’s most progressive major city, as evidenced by their unique propensity to elect the Greens to the lower house in federal politics.
Shaun Khoo
· 6 min read
It’s Not Your Imagination: The Journalists Writing About Antifa Are Often Their Cheerleaders
The intellectual dishonesty and disreputable methods used by these journalists are as bad as the behavior they aim to cure.
Eoin Lenihan
· 8 min read
Quillette Podcast 35 – Eric Kaufmann and Sunder Katwala Discuss the European Election Results
Toby Young discusses the European election results with Eric Kaufmann, author of Whiteshift, and Sunder Katwala, director of British Future. Is national populism in decline? If not, how concerned should we be? Eric Kaufmann, a professor of politics at Birkbeck College, wrote about the European election for Quillette.
Quillette
· 1 min read
When Protected Characteristics Collide
Local MPs have also become involved, some of whom have failed to appreciate the dynamics of the situation.
Tehmina Kazi
· 8 min read
Noah Carl: An Update on the Young Scholar Fired by a Cambridge College for Thoughtcrime
Unfortunately, St. Edmund’s College did the bidding of the protestors, launched two separate investigations and last month terminated Noah Carl’s employment.
Quillette
· 6 min read
Party for One
Masturbation is a unique form of sex. It was frowned upon in some eras, tolerated in others, and celebrated in none.
Philip Mathias
· 6 min read