Activism - Quillette (Page 2)

Astrobiology: The Rise and Fall of a Nascent Science

Premature claims, distorted results, and ‘decolonizing’ the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

Lawrence M. Krauss

6 Apr 2023 · 12 min read

The Stanford Rape Hoax

Jennifer Gries used claims of rape to punish a co-worker. Activists at Stanford used her lies for their own purposes.

Lona Manning

3 Apr 2023 · 20 min read

Dismantle DEI Ideology

The disgraceful scenes at Stanford are a flawless embodiment of how diversity doctrine distorts academic life and constrains decision-making.

Heather Mac Donald

26 Mar 2023 · 15 min read

Is There Such a Thing as a Good Academic-Activist?

The problem isn’t that some academics are activists. It’s that some academics do activism badly.

Holly Lawford-Smith

20 Mar 2023 · 9 min read

A Conspiracy Theory of Connotations

The obsessive policing of language in the name of progress relies on magical thinking.

Oliver Traldi

24 Feb 2023 · 7 min read

The Approaching Disintegration of Academia

Universities cannot withstand the assault on objective truth.

Mark Goldblatt

7 Feb 2023 · 7 min read

Child Welfare and the Cash Panacea

Poverty is not the cause of abuse and neglect.

Naomi Schaefer Riley

24 Jan 2023 · 6 min read

Scenes from a Marriage

In 2020, a British High Court judge ruled that actor Johnny Depp was probably a “wife beater.” Earlier this year, an American jury disagreed. Who got it right?

Charlotte Allen

18 Jan 2023 · 70 min read

It’s Time the Green Movement Stopped Demonizing Nuclear

The pro-nuclear movement is gaining traction despite vocal opposition

Zion Lights

10 Dec 2022 · 13 min read

Moral Toddlers Making a Mess

Adult toddlers throw tantrums for the same reason as children: they desperately want something and have no idea how to get it.

Robert Tracinski

30 Oct 2022 · 5 min read

Reckon with This

We cannot rethink history to console those it embarrasses.

George Case

8 Oct 2022 · 8 min read

Child Welfare Is Becoming a Joke

The field is mired in risible theory and impenetrable jargon, and increasingly divorced from concern with the welfare of children.

Naomi Schaefer Riley

16 Sep 2022 · 5 min read

The Limits of Radical Protest

Those fighting for social change today would do well to heed Bayard Rustin’s advice about how to build sustainable and effective political movements.

Matt Johnson

5 Aug 2022 · 12 min read

Against False Privilege

One of the biggest blunders of modern activism is the promotion of guilt and the demand for false privilege.

Niamh Jiménez

30 Jul 2022 · 8 min read

The Wobblies’ Return

A lovingly restored 1979 film excavates the lost history of American radicalism.

Thomas Doherty

1 Jun 2022 · 9 min read