Claire Lehmann - Quillette

Australian Healthcare’s Darkest Hour

The NSW nurses have not just threatened individual patients—they have desecrated what it means to be Australian.

Claire Lehmann

12 Feb 2025 · 4 min read

Two firefighters, next to a fire truck, by the side of a highway, across from a blaze.

Three Hard Truths About California’s Fire Crisis

Climate change makes fires more dangerous. Government competence matters. And preventing catastrophic fires requires expensive, unpopular measures.

Claire Lehmann

12 Jan 2025 · 7 min read

The author is a pale-skinned woman in her twenties. She holds a male infant. There is a coffee up in front of her.

Madonnas in the Louvre

A Christmas Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Claire Lehmann

24 Dec 2024 · 5 min read

Announcing Quillette's Australia Day Party in Adelaide

Join us for an extraordinary afternoon.

Claire Lehmann

15 Dec 2024 · 1 min read

Jewish men in black hats and jackets watch a fire engine pull up to a synagogue.

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

An Interview with Michael Shellenberger

Misinformation Bill Claire: Welcome, Michael, welcome to Sydney. It’s great to have you here. Now, I want to talk to you about the misinformation bill that the current government is tabling, which is going to a vote in the Senate next week. The government is currently considering both a

Claire Lehmann / Michael Shellenberger

3 Dec 2024 · 18 min read

A young olive-skinned man in a MAGA hate laughs, other Trump supporters in the background, US flags.

Revenge of the Silent Male Voter

What I learned about Trump’s landslide victory from one night in New York City.

Claire Lehmann

6 Nov 2024 · 4 min read

Donald Trump raises his fist, US flag in background; soldiers on a rooftop (collage).

Courage and Cowardice in Pennsylvania

In trying to assassinate Donald Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks inadvertently provided Trump with an opportunity to display the very qualities that have made him a cult icon.

Claire Lehmann

15 Jul 2024 · 7 min read