Podcast #212: Kellie-Jay Keen on Protecting Women, and Facing Down Aggressive Gender-Rights Mobs The British activist once known as Posie Parker talks to Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay about the assault she endured in New Zealand, why she doesnât call herself a feminist, and the dangers of the âfull-on cultâ that has mobilized against her. Mobbed but Unbowed: An Interview with Kellie-Jay Quillette 21 Apr 2023 · 5 min read
The Sanctification of the Self The focus on the self to the exclusion of everything else is undermining the rule of law. Megan Wildhood 21 Apr 2023 · 8 min read
Orwell and Socialism Reflections on the Western Leftâs fragmented ideology. Michael C. Anderson 21 Apr 2023 · 7 min read
Canadaâs Norse Interregnum In the second instalment of an ongoing Quillette series, historian Greg Koabel describes how Leif Erikson ended up in Newfoundland Greg Koabel 20 Apr 2023 · 26 min read
The Horseless Comanche The new world of AI promises great peril but also great potential. Aidan Harte 20 Apr 2023 · 8 min read
Masking Uncertainty in Public Health Had it actually been âfollowing the science,â the CDC would have transparently communicated its uncertainty at every step. Mark Alan Smith 18 Apr 2023 · 12 min read
Philosophyâs No-Go Zone An MIT professor describes the outraged reaction from fellow philosophers when he argued that a woman is an adult human female. Alex Byrne 17 Apr 2023 · 19 min read
How Do We Define âLifeâ? An excerpt from 'The Edge of Knowledge: Unsolved Mysteries of the Cosmos.' Lawrence M. Krauss 17 Apr 2023 · 6 min read
What Are Reasonable AI Fears? Although there are some valid concerns, an AI moratorium would be misguided. Robin Hanson 14 Apr 2023 · 13 min read
A Public Servant Stood Up for Sex-Based Rights at a Gender WorkshopâAnd Paid the Price In a recorded DEI session on âTrans Inclusion,â activist Adrienne Smith told the dissenting staff member, âIâm past the point of seeking a respectful debate.â Jonathan Kay 13 Apr 2023 · 13 min read
Glenn Loury and the Great Partisan Divide Louryâs scholarship deserves particular attention because he has grappled with the issue of racial inequality from both sides of the structure-agency debate. Aaron Hanna 13 Apr 2023 · 25 min read
The Battle of Sainte-Soline The events at Sainte-Soline have received less attention from the international media than the pension-reform protests, but they are arguably more consequential. Robert Zaretsky 12 Apr 2023 · 6 min read
Sexual and Gender Identity: Four Competing Paradigms If we are going to expend so much effort on the topic of gender and sexual identity, we should be clear and rigorous in how we think about it. William Vex 11 Apr 2023 · 15 min read