The Tobacco Wars
How Australia's war on tobacco backfired.
Andrew Bushnell
· 18 min read
Crime
A collection of 107 posts
Charlie Is My Darling
Claudia Verhoeven’s new book is a valuable contribution to the crowded library of Mansonia.
George Case
· 9 min read
Why Epstein, But Not Jackson?
We judge sex crimes according to archetype, not evidence.
Claire Lehmann
· 5 min read
Australia's Broken Justice System: Andrew Bushnell | Quillette Cetera Ep. 64
From the murder of a five-year-old Aboriginal girl to Melbourne's tobacco wars, Andrew Bushnell joins Zoe Sankey to examine the human cost of Australia's broken justice system.
Zoe Sankey, Andrew Bushnell
· 31 min read
Nicholas Kristof and the Pornography of Accusation
Investigating abuse is a duty. Laundering propaganda is not.
Yuki Zeman
· 14 min read
Dangerous Losers
It's not poverty that drives men to violence, but the experience of losing status.
Jason Manning
· 10 min read
Intifadas Bring Neither Justice Nor Peace
Calls to “globalise the intifada” have produced a wave of antisemitic terror and encourage an unending cycle of violence.
John Aziz
· 9 min read
No Place for Children
The murder of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby by repeat offender Jefferson Lewis has exposed the failures of Australia’s criminal justice system and Indigenous child protection policy. What will it take to make change?
Andrew Bushnell
· 13 min read
The Professor and the Pariah
How a brilliant mind fell for bad history and worse people.
Michael Cohen
· 7 min read
The Tragedy of Murdered Indigenous Women is Real. So How Did Activists Turn It Into a Punch Line?
Leah Gazan’s use of the absurd term ‘MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+’ to describe female Indigenous homicide victims is a case study in progressive linguistic self-sabotage.
Jonathan Kay
· 6 min read
The Disgrace of Tariq Ramadan
The Islamist grandson of Hasan al-Banna convinced many Western liberals that he was a moderate because he promised to bridge a divide many feared could not be crossed.
RJ Smith
· 11 min read
The State of Grace
When an anti-Zionist worldview collides with the principle of “believe all women,” it is the principle that gives way.
Juliet Moses
· 6 min read
Podcast #326: Catching a Serial Killer
Managing Editor Iona Italia speaks with Maureen Callahan about her book "American Predator", which chronicles the crimes of serial killer Israel Keyes.
Quillette, Iona Italia
· 1 min read
Podcast #325: Why We Need to Talk About Transgender School Shooters
Jonathan Kay speaks with journalist Adam Zivo about the 10 February school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia—a mass murder perpetrated by a trans-identified male gunman who was initially identified by police and journalists as a woman.
Quillette
· 3 min read
The Price of the Epstein Frenzy
Press-led hysteria and institutional cowardice are inflicting needless damage on higher education.
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 10 min read