The Infantilization of Culture and History
We should reject an unfalsifiable frame that can make anything and everything offensive or problematic, no matter how innocuous.
Alan S. Rome
· 9 min read
The Campus Trans Diktat: No Debate, No Dissent—And No Jokes
Before firing me, my university investigated everything I’d said about gender ideology, right down to the satirical quips I’d made on Twitter.
Frances Widdowson
· 7 min read
A Good Laugh
Farewell to the charm and sleaze of Boris Johnson.
John Lloyd
· 8 min read
Fate, Faith, and Suffering
Coping is not enough. We must strive to live.
Samuel Kronen
· 27 min read
Universities Have a Sustainability Problem
The era of disconnected, infinite knowledge production should draw to a close.
Robert Frodeman
· 7 min read
Quillette Weekly
The fall of 'Nature', Gorbachev's legacy, and the GOP's populism question.
Claire Lehmann
· 4 min read
Should the GOP Continue to Embrace Populism?—A Roundtable
Editor's note: With another presidential run by Trump in the offing, we asked two writers to reflect on the costs and benefits of populism. If you would like to contribute to this discussion, please send a response of ~800 words to [email protected]. I. For a prudent
Dennis Saffran, Bo Winegard, Publius
· 18 min read
Idealist and Idiot
Gorbachev’s legacy is partly to blame for the tyranny into which Russia has since slumped.
John Lloyd
· 9 min read
Denouncing The Diagolonoids
A Canadian right-wing nut is peddling a satirical meme about a diagonally-shaped North American superstate. Needless to say, much of the country’s intellectual class is terrified.
Jonathan Kay
· 7 min read
Salman Rushdie and the Islamic Punishment for Blasphemy
For centuries, the orthodox Muslim view has been that those who insult Muhammad must be summarily killed.
Gordon Nickel
· 14 min read
The Ideological Refusal to Acknowledge Evolved Sex Differences
Boys and girls are not infinitely malleable, socially constructed products of the patriarchy.
David C. Geary
· 14 min read
The Agony of the Putin Regime
The explosion in Moscow in which Darya Dugina lost her life shows the limits of Putin’s totalitarian domination.
Vladimir Tismaneanu
· 9 min read
Benevolent Cruelty
America’s homeless problem is the product of good intentions and apathy. A new approach is needed.
Adam G. Walterbach
· 10 min read
Podcast #196: When Workplace Anti-Racism Training Goes Off the Rails
Nicole Levitt tells Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay what happened when diversity consultants were hired to teach the mantras of social justice to staff at her Philadelphia-based non-profit organization.
Quillette
· 1 min read
The Fall of ‘Nature’
A once-respected journal has announced that it will be subordinating science to ideology.
Bo Winegard
· 12 min read