The Case for a Merit-Based Immigration System
The current system is not only economically counterproductive but incentivises people to become illegal immigrants.
Jay Sophalkalyan
· 10 min read
How Words Influence Us
With its thousands of problem-solving, information-discarding, thought-terminating conventional categories, a language is a great collection of off-switches for the mind.
Nick Enfield
· 8 min read
Podcast #248: Bridging Divides Between Democrats and Republicans, with John R. Wood, Jr.
Iona Italia talks to John Wood, Jr. of Braver Angels, about building a stronger democratic consensus in America.
Quillette, Iona Italia
· 26 min read
The Return of History: Liberal Values and Global Realities
Only when we understand the fragility of liberal democracy will we be properly motivated to defend it.
Zak Schneider
· 9 min read
Populists Before Trump
John Ganz’s lively new book provides a valuable account of the intellectual origins of Trumpism.
Leon Hadar
· 9 min read
Melvin Lasky: Diary of a Cold Warrior
Melvin Lasky was an indefatigable defender of the liberal spirit during the recovery of postwar Germany.
Oscar Clarke
· 13 min read
New York Narcissism
Nikkitha Bakshani’s debut novel ‘Ghost Chilli’ is an ideologically confused work that seems to endorse the racial essentialism it purports to satirise.
Brad Strotten
· 5 min read
Podcast #247: Should Imane Khelif Be Allowed to Box Against Women?
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with biologist Emma Hilton about the controversy surrounding a champion women’s boxer whom critics accuse of being biologically male.
Quillette
· 16 min read
Killing for a Quiet Life
John Krasinski’s dystopian horror trilogy imagines a biblical plague visited on the din of modernity.
Thomas Larson
· 8 min read
Scaling the Heights of Physics: James D. Bjorken 1934–2024
Over the past 60 years, our understanding of the physics of elementary particles has changed radically. James Bjorken played a key role.
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 6 min read
For Competitive US Runners, a ‘Non-Binary’ Identity Has Become a Lucrative Asset
The New York Road Runners club now allows mid-grade men to earn prize money by opting into race categories reserved for athletes claiming to be neither male nor female.
George M. Perry
· 15 min read
Roman Polanski’s ‘Chinatown’ Fifty Years On
Chinatown is noir at its bleakest, yet most stylish.
Ralph Leonard
· 9 min read
Ladies in Leotards
Exploring the implications of beauty standards in women’s gymnastics.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 5 min read