American Politics - Quillette (Page 2)

To Fight Wokeness, the GOP Should Embrace Immigrant Voters

The rise of ultra-progressive ideologies and the decline in patriotic sentiment are two broad cultural trends that worry American conservatives. Some may be tempted to imagine that these two phenomena are connected to immigration and the resulting ethnic and racial diversity—especially since opposition to immigration is common among conservatives

Alex Nowrasteh

11 Feb 2022 · 7 min read

Outback Australia and the Information Wars

How Maajid Nawaz and Tim Pool amplified misinformation about COVID-19 in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities, overshadowing the effective responses led by legitimate Aboriginal leaders.

Matthew Blackwell

7 Dec 2021 · 14 min read

Work or Welfare?

If a man doesn’t have a job or an income, he has neither life nor liberty nor the possibility for the pursuit of happiness. He merely exists. ~Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968) Throughout history, work has been the common lot of humanity—at least, outside of the idle rich

Joel Kotkin

6 Dec 2021 · 10 min read

George Floyd and the Rise of the Rival Constitution

The incident, along with constant broadcasting of that disturbing footage by the media, set off a firestorm of protests and riots and a national dialogue—monologue, really—about race and policing.

Craig Trainor

17 Sep 2021 · 14 min read

Watching America’s Crack-Up

America was born of the virgin Liberty, and like the son of God in which it still largely believes, will always rise from the dead.

Benjamin Kerstein

9 Aug 2021 · 20 min read

What Happened to America’s Soft Power?

What Marc saw as relatively smooth sailing for the CIA’s critical operations during the first two years of the Trump administration is beginning to change.

Art Keller

25 Oct 2020 · 8 min read

Sex and the American Presidency

What does all this have to do with the sexual follies in the White House? Like the Bolshevik Revolution, sex is nothing if not leveling.

Seth Greenland

7 Oct 2020 · 19 min read

The Great Awokening and the Second American Revolution

The past is raked over for imperfections as left-modernist ideologues render the most grievance-based interpretation of history imaginable.

Eric Kaufmann

22 Jun 2020 · 22 min read

America Has Problems. Tearing Down Statues Won't Solve Them

To the extent we all care about the important underlying issues, such as fighting racial discrimination and promoting opportunity to all, we shouldn’t allow our culture wars over statues and symbols to dominate our discourse.

Zaid Jilani

12 Jun 2020 · 9 min read

PODCAST 93: David Frum on His New Book, Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy

David Frum talks to Jonathan Kay about the damage done by the Trump presidency and the way forward for America. His new book is Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy.

Quillette / Jonathan Kay

4 Jun 2020 · 1 min read

The Hell of Good Intentions—A Review

Walt is always thinking of ways to blame the most vexing international problems on liberal hegemony. From proliferation to terrorism to Trump, he sees its malignant influence everywhere he looks.

Matt Johnson

6 Aug 2019 · 14 min read

Anatomist of Racial Inequality: An Interview with Glenn Loury

Loury has taught at Brown University for over a decade, an institution where pleas for American patriotism are likely to be summarily dismissed. So why does he insist on making them?

Christian Alejandro Gonzalez

22 Jan 2019 · 14 min read

The Spectrum of Black Contrarianism

The likes of Thomas Sowell and Larry Elder reject not only the economic program of the Left but also the racial grievance politics of black activists and politicians.

John R. Wood, Jr.

20 Oct 2018 · 11 min read

From Party of Ideas to Party of Dittoheads

Stupidity is not an accusation that could be hurled against such early Republicans as Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root and Charles Evans Hughes.

Max Boot

15 Oct 2018 · 10 min read

Privilege and Double Standards at the Kavanaugh Hearings

One would hope that senators could have worked together to examine the available evidence in a manner that showed respect for all parties involved.

Gideon Scopes

8 Oct 2018 · 10 min read