Ezra Klein’s Feeble Liberalism
Liberals must act aggressively to uphold the values of free society.
Brian Stewart
· 10 min read
Classical Liberalism
A collection of 15 posts
Nine Intellectual Virtues
Either universities appoint and promote professors who display and disseminate intellectual virtues, or they reward those who exemplify and cultivate intellectual vices.
Nigel Biggar
· 6 min read
Liberalism v The Rule of Law
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.
Helen Dale
· 21 min read
Classical Liberalism Without Strong Gods
How open societies can meet the challenge of meaning.
Roger Partridge
· 15 min read
Christopher Rufo’s Pyrrhic Victory
Instead of building the broadest possible coalition for his cause, Rufo is busy making enemies of potential allies.
Matt Johnson
· 20 min read
Liberalism as the Shining City on a Hill
Why we all need to read Benny Morris.
Megan Gafford
· 19 min read
Podcast #278: The Scourge of the ‘Woke Right’
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.
Quillette, Andrew Doyle
· 37 min read
Javier Milei and the Spanish Tradition of Liberty
The Spanish tradition of limited government is older than the Magna Carta. Argentina will do well to revive it.
Daniel Raisbeck
· 10 min read
Saving Liberalism from ‘The Identity Trap’: An Interview with Yascha Mounk
In an acclaimed new book, the German-American political scientist traces the rise of illiberal intellectual movements among modern progressives.
Jonathan Kay
· 14 min read
My Journey Out of Extremism
And how I became a small-l liberal.
Richard Hanania
· 11 min read
Defining ‘Woke’ (a Word We Should Probably All Stop Using)
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
Jonathan Kay
· 7 min read
Quillette Podcast 6 — Coleman Hughes on Progressive Orthodoxy in the Ivy League
Listen onSpotify 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.
Quillette
· 1 min read
Reasons to Be Fearful
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.
Russell Blackford
· 5 min read
Individuals and Symbols
Whenever a political movement ceases to see people as individuals, and rather sees them as symbols of a class, violence usually follows.
Neema Parvini
· 7 min read
Liberalism — Classical and Egalitarian
These modern classical liberals have a diverse array of opinions on a wide array of issues. Summarizing them all would be impossible.
Matt McManus
· 15 min read