A collection of 13 posts
Two recent Australian Federal Court judgments illustrate the good things that the rule of law may confer on a society, even when it conflicts with ideals like freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
How open societies can meet the challenge of meaning.
Instead of building the broadest possible coalition for his cause, Rufo is busy making enemies of potential allies.
Why we all need to read Benny Morris.
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with author and satirist Andrew Doyle about the worrying rise of illiberal ideologies and cultish political tendencies among conservatives.
The Spanish tradition of limited government is older than the Magna Carta. Argentina will do well to revive it.
In an acclaimed new book, the German-American political scientist traces the rise of illiberal intellectual movements among modern progressives.
And how I became a small-l liberal.
It’s fine to concede the (originally) progressive nature of wokeism, so long as we also call out the movement’s betrayal of core liberal values
Canadian editor Jonathan Kay talks to Coleman Hughes, Quillette columnist and Columbia University student, about being out of step with the prevailing orthodoxy at an Ivy League college, classical liberalism and playing in Rihanna’s backup band in 2016.
Under current social conditions, even the most layered and qualified opinions can be distorted, misrepresented, over-simplified, exaggerated, and generally treated as those of enemies whose voices must be shut down.
Whenever a political movement ceases to see people as individuals, and rather sees them as symbols of a class, violence usually follows.
These modern classical liberals have a diverse array of opinions on a wide array of issues. Summarizing them all would be impossible.