The Crack-Up
How individual and civilisational identities collapse.
Peter Hughes
· 10 min read
Death on Demand: Cautionary Tales from Canada
Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying program, once reserved for the terminally ill, is increasingly attracting applicants experiencing poverty and depression.
Margaret Wente
· 15 min read
The Eyes of Another
Dostoevsky’s masterpiece, ‘Crime and Punishment,’ offers a radical reinterpretation of guilt and redemption.
Marilyn Simon
· 8 min read
Every Gender Identity Is ‘Authentic’—Until It Isn’t
Faddish forms of self-identification often reflect subjective feelings that shift over time. Let’s stop treating them as sacred truths.
David A. Nelson, Edwin E. Gantt
· 13 min read
What Progressive Educators Get Wrong About Creativity
Originality requires both knowledge and technical mastery.
Daniel Buck
· 11 min read
Beijing in Retreat
A plunging birthrate, deepening socioeconomic divisions, and the chaos produced by China’s failed Zero-COVID policy prove that Xi Jinping and the Party do not have the measure of the nation.
Aaron Sarin
· 12 min read
Boring Art, Impotent Politics
Mixing aesthetics and activism does a disservice to both.
Julia Friedman
· 11 min read
ChatGPT and the Future of the Professions
Professionals must learn to work with the machines or they will be replaced by them.
Sean Welsh
· 12 min read
Child Welfare and the Cash Panacea
Poverty is not the cause of abuse and neglect.
Naomi Schaefer Riley
· 6 min read
The Crypto Token Economy Is Second-Order Fraud
The entire industry is artifice built atop artifice.
Sohale Mortazavi
· 17 min read
The Educational Ship Comes to a Shuddering Halt
School closings put strain on families and students alike.
Jenny Griebenow
· 11 min read
Whatever Happened to Light Verse?
A paean to a disappearing and misunderstood literary tradition.
Kevin Mims
· 21 min read
Podcast #206: Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard: The Definitive Postmortem from an Unlikely Expert
Podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to literary journalist Charlotte Allen about her self-confessed “secret appetite” for trashy Hollywood stories—and her exhaustive Quillette story about Johnny Depp’s successful defamation suit against his ex-wife.
Quillette
· 1 min read