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Washington’s Hidden History

Kirchick’s book is a reminder of a shameful past, but its very existence is also evidence of the progress that the West’s democracies have made in the years since.

Fred Litwin

31 May 2022 · 10 min read

Weekly Roundup and Paul Berman on Roya Hakakian

Dear All, This week, we offer an eclectic, timely selection of pieces, including curated responses to our recent roundtable on moral expertise, and a terrific essay by Paul Berman on Iranian-American poet, Roya Hakakian. Also be sure to check out our editorial on the disgraceful firing of Joshua T. Katz,

Scott Newman

30 May 2022 · 5 min read

We’re Still Waiting for a Great Post-COVID Pandemic Novel

Fiction writers are used to working in lonely isolation. Maybe that’s why the stories they’ve written about the pandemic seem so out of touch

Neal Pollack

30 May 2022 · 16 min read

The Twilight of the Australian Liberal Party

What should a centre-right party represent in the 21st century?

Adrian Nguyen

30 May 2022 · 8 min read

Why Not Polygamy?

Polygamy is a criminal offense throughout the Western world. Would making it legal be progress?

Cheryl Mendelson

28 May 2022 · 21 min read

The Alchemist Emperor of Prague

As the Holy Roman Empire descended into religious conflicts, its Habsburg ruler surrounded himself with magicians, astrologers, and scryers.

Martyn Rady

27 May 2022 · 8 min read

Roya Hakakian and How to Speak About What No One Wants to Hear

The combined threats against Roya Hakakian and Masih Alinejad suggest a broader policy of violence and intimidation on the part of the Islamic Republic and its operatives in the United States.

Paul Berman

27 May 2022 · 35 min read

The Disgraceful Firing of Joshua T. Katz

Joshua Katz knew it was dangerous to go public with his objections to a Princeton faculty letter, but he did so because his conscience demanded it. For this, he has paid an intolerable price.

The Quillette Editorial Board

26 May 2022 · 13 min read

Is Moral Expertise Possible? Four Responses

As long as there have been philosophers, there has been thinking about morality.

Quillette

24 May 2022 · 13 min read

Woke Capitalism’s Tragedy of the Commons

Woke capitalism is rational, but it is also unsustainable.

Ilya Levine

24 May 2022 · 7 min read

Quillette Podcast #189: Progressive Social Panic at Yale and Princeton

Reporter Aaron Sibarium talks to Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay about his recent scoops concerning the campaign against anti-woke Princeton classics professor Joshua Katz, and the unsettling radicalism of student activists at Yale Law School.

Quillette / Aaron Sibarium

23 May 2022 · 1 min read

Conquering a Balkan Blood Feud—in Bovey, Minnesota

An American family descended from Serbian and Croatian immigrants finds a way to overcome old-world hatreds.

Jon Zobenica

23 May 2022 · 15 min read

Weekly Roundup

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Zoe Booth

21 May 2022 · 5 min read

Domestic Violence Is Not the Result of Patriarchy

Research consistently finds that women in heterosexual relationships tend to perpetrate violence against intimate partners at least as often as men.

Limor Gottlieb

21 May 2022 · 7 min read

Undiminished by Decadence

I grew up in the 1960s and ’70s and I’m happy to report that, for the most part, television and mainstream cinema today are orders of magnitude better than they were in my salad days.

Kevin Mims

20 May 2022 · 15 min read