Conservatism in an Era Of Populist Revolt Right-wing radicals are being punished by voters because they have discarded the foundational principles of conservative philosophy. Bo Winegard 13 Dec 2022 · 11 min read
Religious Permanence The human brain evolved to be religious, but religion also evolved to appeal to the human brain. Bo Winegard 18 Nov 2022 · 10 min read
Sex and the Academy The inclusion of women in higher education is a great achievement for Western liberal societies. How is this changing academic culture? Cory Clark / Bo Winegard 8 Oct 2022 · 14 min read
Misunderstanding Equality If confusion between moral and empirical claims persists, we will find ourselves asked to choose between the truth and our ethical preferences. Bo Winegard 26 Sep 2022 · 11 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 Bo@quillette.com. I. For a prudent Dennis Saffran / Bo Winegard / Publius 3 Sep 2022 · 18 min read
The Fall of ‘Nature’ A once-respected journal has announced that it will be subordinating science to ideology. Bo Winegard 28 Aug 2022 · 12 min read
Diversity and Its Discontents The public conversation about demographic change is hypocritical and destructive. Bo Winegard 3 Jun 2022 · 12 min read
Academic Exile, Two Years On Academia has become an intellectual prison, and many incarcerated professors are compelled to live a dual existence. Bo Winegard 4 May 2022 · 13 min read
Problems with Mill’s Masterpiece The condition of human life is such that we must of necessity be restrained and compelled by circumstances in nearly every action of our lives. Why, then, is liberty, defined as Mr. Mill defines it, to be regarded as so precious? ~James Fitzjames Stephen Of all the works written in Bo Winegard 2 Apr 2022 · 18 min read
Deliberately Divided—A Review A Review of Deliberately Divided: Inside the Controversial Study of Twins and Triplets Adopted Apart by Nancy L. Segal. Rowman & Littlefield, 520 pages (November, 2021) When I first heard about the Louise Wise Services-Child Development Center (LWS-CDC) twin study, I was shocked but also skeptical. A doctor had separated Bo Winegard 8 Nov 2021 · 8 min read
Human Nature and Political Philosophy As many have pointed out, the radical progressive version of social justice has all the hallmarks of a religion. Bo Winegard / Jonathan Anomaly 3 Nov 2021 · 10 min read
A Return to Tradition: Creating a Post-Trump Conservatism The survival of the American Republic might just depend upon it. Bo Winegard 25 Jan 2021 · 14 min read
The Myth of Pervasive Misogyny Contrary to expectations from the pervasive misogyny theory, across a variety of topics, samples, and research teams, recent findings in psychology suggest that such biases often favor women. Cory Clark / Bo Winegard 27 Jul 2020 · 11 min read
In Defense of ‘Reactionary Liberalism’—A Reply to Osita Nwanevu Nwanevu is predictably coy about affirmative action, the most explicit form of institutional racism in the United States. Bo Winegard 13 Jul 2020 · 10 min read
