Podcast #224: Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans-Identified Children Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to psychotherapist and book author Stella OâMalley, and parent âJosie A.,â about the need to heed parentsâ voices before âaffirmingâ a childâs desire for gender-transition therapies. Quillette 2 Oct 2023 · 1 min read
King of the Goths In the third instalment of âThe So-Called Dark Ages,â podcaster Herbert Bushman describes the rise of Alaric I, whose Gothic armies roamed Greece and the Balkans before marching on Rome itself. Herbert Bushman 2 Oct 2023 · 20 min read
A Country in the Making Sean Pennâs surprising new documentary explores âextreme historyâ in war-torn Ukraine. Brian Stewart 29 Sep 2023 · 6 min read
Clearing Out My Fatherâs Office Reflections on a vibrant scientific career cut short. Geoffrey C. Kabat 29 Sep 2023 · 15 min read
How Australiaâs Press Council Has Been Used to Stifle the Gender Debate In their reporting on the medicalisation of dysphoric children, Australian journalists are now expected to comply with media guidelines drafted at the behest of trans activists. Bernard Lane 29 Sep 2023 · 17 min read
The Communication Revolution Like the first iPhone, Gutenbergâs Bible opened up avenues of development that entrepreneurs have been exploiting ever since. James Hannam 27 Sep 2023 · 10 min read
Champlain Gives It Another Go In the twelfth instalment of an ongoing Quillette series on the history of Canada, Greg Koabel describes Franceâs halting efforts to create a permanent Canadian settlement in the early 1600s. Greg Koabel 27 Sep 2023 · 30 min read
Old Model, New Tricks On the 85th anniversary of his death, a look back at the legacy of Nikolai Kondratiev and its implications for the coming age of GenAI. Elliot Leavy 26 Sep 2023 · 6 min read
Male or Female: There's Nothing In Between Since the dawn of our species, the evolution of two distinct sexes has been fundamental to human reproduction. There is no such thing as a âsex spectrum.â Zachary A. Elliott 25 Sep 2023 · 17 min read
Canadian Parents (Finally) Push Back Against Gender Cultism Many of us are simply tired of living in a society that gaslights citizens with officially sanctioned lies like âtrans women are womenâ Jonathan Kay 23 Sep 2023 · 7 min read
Civil Rights and Wrongs Richard Hananiaâs new book is a welcome entry to the conversation about wokeness, but his power-based perspective is incomplete. Oliver Traldi 23 Sep 2023 · 16 min read
Where Does âWokenessâ Come From? Opponents of wokeness sometimes say that âfacts donât care about your feelings.â But the federal judiciary does. Richard Hanania 22 Sep 2023 · 7 min read
In an Age of Scams, Self-Help Falls Short An individualistic focus only goes so far in preventing scams and frauds. Sohale Mortazavi 22 Sep 2023 · 10 min read
âAugie Marchâ Turns 70 An Interview with Saul Bellowâs biographer Zachary Leader. Riley Moore 22 Sep 2023 · 12 min read
Strange New Sci Fi If truth is the first casualty of war, then perhaps good fiction is the first casualty of culture war. Johnny Schmidt 21 Sep 2023 · 17 min read