Gaza, Islam, and the West The Hamas atrocities of October 7th have refocussed attention on the place of a consequential voting bloc in Western democracies. RJ Smith 11 Nov 2023 · 6 min read
Houellebecq's New Memoir and the Recent Riots in France: Quillette Cetera Episode 10 The French polemicist's memoir invites us to pity him, but should we? Zoe Booth / RJ Smith 25 Jul 2023 · 1 min read
The Sorrow and the Self-Pity Michel Houellebecq’s new memoir reveals a man quick to find fault with others but slow to accept responsibility for his woes. RJ Smith 26 Jun 2023 · 7 min read
Céline, Literary Antichrist If we demand that our artists be angels, we will not have any art left to appreciate. RJ Smith 11 Jul 2022 · 9 min read
Zemmour’s Final Word The danger—or opportunity, depending on your view—is that two radical candidates like Mélenchon and Zemmour win the first round. RJ Smith 25 Nov 2021 · 9 min read
Pell’s Pyrrhic Victory Pell became a public target onto which a deep well of private resentment—much of which was wholly irrelevant to his own conduct—could be directed when the opportunity arose. RJ Smith 7 Apr 2020 · 5 min read
Convictions and Doubts: The Case of Cardinal Pell Several factors cast doubt on the accuracy and/or veracity of the complainant’s account. RJ Smith 10 Feb 2020 · 14 min read
In Defence of the Past Whether it is because we got things wrong or because we got them right, the past is our servant, the key to a richer future and higher states of consciousness. RJ Smith 6 Sep 2019 · 6 min read
