Tyranny Is Not What It Used to Be In her new book, ‘Autocracy, Inc.,’ historian Anne Applebaum provides us with a distinctive and indispensable guide to one of the great challenges of our time. Brian Stewart 16 Dec 2024 · 8 min read
Podcast #263: In Defence of Julia the Elder Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Joan Smith, whose new book critically examines the 2,000-year-old propaganda campaign against imperial Rome’s leading women. Quillette 14 Dec 2024 · 15 min read
A Very American Madness America is not fallen; it is simply given to periodic bouts of insanity. The patient is tiresome; the patient is ridiculous; but the patient is stable. Ronald W. Dworkin 12 Dec 2024 · 17 min read
‘Shameless Beyond the Curse of Shamelessness’ In a new book, Joan Smith critically examines the historical mistreatment of Ancient Rome’s leading women—including Emperor Augustus’ daughter Julia, who was denounced as a nymphomaniac and cast into exile. Joan Smith 12 Dec 2024 · 16 min read
Oversimplify and Vilify ‘The Message’ is a lopsided, unserious, and frequently embarrassing essay, the real target of which is the very existence of Israel. Mark Horowitz 11 Dec 2024 · 12 min read
After the Ceasefire The new state of play in Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas, following the US-brokered ceasefire with Lebanon, the weakening of Hezbollah, and the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Benny Morris 11 Dec 2024 · 10 min read
The Year of Elections An unprecedented number of elections took place in Africa, Asia, and Latin America this year. Their results suggest that prospects for democracy are mixed. Imran Said 9 Dec 2024 · 18 min read
Are Board Gender Quotas a Good Idea? The more we try to limit freedom in the interests of desirable social change, the less effective we will be in the long run, and the greater the number of additional problems we create. Silvia G. Poratelli 9 Dec 2024 · 8 min read
Corporate Cancellations Josh Bornstein appears to view the world as a good Left/bad Right binary. This assumption limits both his diagnosis of the problem and the creativity of his solutions. Holly Lawford-Smith 8 Dec 2024 · 9 min read
Hatred and Indifference in Modern Australia Examining Australia’s leadership vacuum in the wake of the Melbourne synagogue firebombing. Claire Lehmann 8 Dec 2024 · 5 min read
Podcast #262: Interintellect and the Modern-Day Salon Iona Italia talks to globetrotter and intellectual magpie Anna Gat about her modern-day salon, Interintellect. Quillette 6 Dec 2024 · 36 min read
