Editors’ Choice 2025
Quillette’s editors choose their favourite essays of the year.
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Israel’s Hard-Won Victory
The Jewish state has secured its borders, recovered all living hostages, and put its enemies on notice as to what awaits them if they attempt a reprise of 7 October.
Naive Protest and Calculated Terror
The Australian security services have confirmed that Iran orchestrated antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. This is not the first time leftist causes have been hijacked by Islamists. It is time we confronted this danger.
Against Palestinian Statehood
Nurturing an alternative power structure in this kind of politically stunted society will be the work of generations. It can’t be summoned into existence by Western leaders seeking to appease domestic constituencies.
Misinformation Is Bad. Prohibiting It Is Worse
A proposed Australian law aimed at blocking false content would likely be applied selectively—and thereby further erode public trust in mainstream information sources.
The Cass Effect
A landmark report properly emphasises the application of science, not slogans, in establishing treatment protocols for trans-identified children.
Claudine Gay’s Misguided Defenders
Damning facts shouldn’t be ignored just because they’re brought to light by the ‘wrong’ kind of person
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s New Enemy: Americans Who Accept Biology
A new SPLC propaganda document claims to ‘expose’ a vast ‘Anti-LGBTQ+ Pseudoscience Network’ that’s supposedly targeting trans people.
Merry Christmas, Little Wolf
Christmas offers a chance to remind ourselves of the intellectual debt that our editors and writers owe to the Christian tradition.
Let Israel’s Critics Have Their Say
No one should suffer professional or academic repercussions simply because they voice support for Palestinian rights and welfare.
In Praise of Gender Crits
“Gender-critical” is a jargonny way of describing the ordinary views held by the vast majority of the planet’s population.
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