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An anatomical head with the brain exposed and eyes closed.

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

22 Aug 2024 · 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

21 Aug 2024 · 26 min read

Man stands in front of a lighted obelisk.

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

21 Aug 2024 · 9 min read

Pat Buchanan campaigns for president during the 1996 presidential primaries.

Populists Before Trump

John Ganz’s lively new book provides a valuable account of the intellectual origins of Trumpism.

Leon Hadar

20 Aug 2024 · 9 min read

A black and white image of a young Lt. Melvin J. Lasky in Germany.

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

19 Aug 2024 · 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

19 Aug 2024 · 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 Aug 2024 · 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

15 Aug 2024 · 7 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

15 Aug 2024 · 6 min read

Lauren Lubin at a protest, smiling at the camera, in a tank top, with a bandana, waving a rainbow flag.

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.