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Progressives and corporations when aligned form a very powerful coalition, so when they combine to restrict speech or behavior they’re likely to be successful.

Uri Harris 9 Jan 2019 · 12 min read

Genes, Environment, and Luck: What We Can and Cannot Control

Michael Shermer 6 Jan 2019 · 14 min read

Malaysia's Struggle to Preserve Religious Pluralism

Residing in Malaysia in the final years of the Najib administration, one could be forgiven for thinking society had somehow collectively lost its mind.

Imran Said 6 Jan 2019 · 12 min read

Glimpsing Our Own Health Secrets: The Coming Revolution in Health-Care Transparency

Does more transparency mean that patients will become responsible for catching errors that doctors themselves should have prevented?

Amitha Kalaichandran 4 Jan 2019 · 7 min read

The New War on Comedy

Once you make it acceptable to tell the jester what is off limits in one context, you enable those who would seek to silence him elsewhere.

Konstantin Kisin 3 Jan 2019 · 5 min read

Quillette’s success comes from a group of writers compelled to express the truth as they see it. We couldn’t be prouder of our association with so many inspiring, talented free thinkers. From the dozens, we give a special nod to these five for their stellar contribution in 2018.

Quillette 30 Dec 2018 · 4 min read

Reversing the Descent of Man

It is easy to see what satisfaction the institution of the dependent family gives to all sorts and conditions of men – to the tyrannous man what opportunities to tyranny

Geoff Dench 28 Dec 2018 · 12 min read