Has Olivia Manning’s ‘Fortunes of War’ Finally Found Its Moment?
The Ukrainian war has made Manning’s writing more relevant now than at any time since it was written.
Robin Ashenden
· 11 min read
The Wobblies’ Return
A lovingly restored 1979 film excavates the lost history of American radicalism.
Thomas Doherty
· 9 min read
The Problem with Nuclear Power
In the US it’s hard to imagine nuclear power playing anything more than a minimal role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which makes projected goals for 2030 and beyond difficult to achieve.
William Beaver
· 7 min read
The Road to Genocide
The Uyghurs have the potential to threaten China's national unity, which is the real reason we are seeing the largest incarceration of an ethnic or religious minority since the Holocaust.
Aaron Sarin
· 17 min read
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
· 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
· 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
· 16 min read
The Twilight of the Australian Liberal Party
What should a centre-right party represent in the 21st century?
Adrian Nguyen
· 8 min read
Why Not Polygamy?
Polygamy is a criminal offense throughout the Western world. Would making it legal be progress?
Cheryl Mendelson
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 13 min read
Is Moral Expertise Possible? Four Responses
As long as there have been philosophers, there has been thinking about morality.
Quillette
· 13 min read
Woke Capitalism’s Tragedy of the Commons
Woke capitalism is rational, but it is also unsustainable.
Ilya Levine
· 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
· 1 min read