Is Liberal Immigration Anti-Democratic?—A Reply to Gadi Taub
Immigration restrictions, like tariffs and other restrictions on trade, affect the activities of citizens above all.
Sam Kiss
· 12 min read
China and the Difficulties of Dissent
As the world’s most powerful fascist regime, one would expect China to encounter great difficulties spreading its influence on liberal Australian university campuses, the student bodies of which are hypersensitive to right-wing teaching or teachers.
Simon Leitch
· 14 min read
Why I Want to Start a Free Speech Trade Union
NATO provided an institutional framework that enabled the signatories of the treaty to respond collectively, thereby pooling the risk.
Toby Young
· 18 min read
Why I Set Up the Oregon Branch of the National Association of Scholars
In the case of the U.S., much law and policy in higher education is a state matter and for that reason chapters make even more sense.
Bruce Gilley
· 3 min read
How Feminism Paved the Way for Transgenderism
Like any significant historical event, this gender revolution has multiple causes.
Michael Biggs
· 11 min read
Quillette Podcast 47 – Highlights from the 2019 Heterodox Academy Conference
Listen onSpotify Jonathan Kay presents highlights from this year’s Heterodox Academy conference, featuring Steven Pinker, Karith Foster, Jennifer Collins Bloomquist, Dan Mogulof, Lara Schwartz, Brandon Calhoun and Coleman Hughes.
Quillette
· 1 min read
“War Is the Least Conservative Undertaking”—An Interview with Dr William Ruger
It is time for conservatism to fully embrace a prudential, restrained approach to foreign policy.
Sumantra Maitra
· 7 min read
National Conservatism and the Preference for State Control
National conservatives are much more willing to question the efficacy and desirability of markets in allocating a nation’s resources.
Alexander William Salter
· 6 min read
The Other Crisis in Psychology
Psychological scientists are quick to spot unwarranted causal inferences in others' research — but blind to the same errors in their own, possibly driven by ideological commitments and self-interest.
April L. Bleske-Rechek
· 16 min read
Empiricism and Dogma: Why Left and Right Can't Agree on Climate Change
Global warming is a tragedy of the commons, in which logical agents act in ways that run counter to the longterm interests of the group.
Patrick T. Brown
· 6 min read
Who Needs Democracy Anyway?
The rise of social media means that a limited number of academics, industry bodies or professional groups can promote almost any agenda, however obtuse, gain slightly wider support online, and create the appearance of significant authoritative status.
Ross Elliott
· 6 min read
Intersectionalism Is Nonsense. But the Backlash Against It Is Very Real
The theory of intersectionality, now widely embraced by self-described feminist activists, maintains that non-whites, women, and LGBT individuals face systemic oppression whose scope increases according to the number of minority statuses a person holds.
Debra Soh
· 5 min read
In Defense of Compatibilism: A Response to Edwards and Coyne
William Edwards frames the quarrel as an argument between thinkers who believe in free will
Ben Burgis
· 10 min read
When ‘Ethics Review’ Becomes Ideological Review: The Case of Peter Boghossian
To a modern research scientist, all of this will seem like common sense, and such principles now are taught even in some undergraduate courses.
Brayden Whitlock
· 9 min read
Knitting's Infinity War, Part III: Showdown at Yarningham
The post brought out the worst of the knitting world’s anti-racism mobs
Kathrine Jebsen Moore
· 9 min read