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What's Next for Poland?

The abuses must be tackled, yet the new government must choose its remedies with care.

Dalibor Roháč

19 Oct 2023 · 6 min read

Dear Americans: Your Politics Don’t Have to Be This Toxic

America’s narrowing two-party system is poisoning the greatest democracy in the world.

Stephan Jensen

6 Jul 2022 · 18 min read

Science and Civil Liberties: The Lost ACLU Lecture of Carl Sagan

Around 1987, Sagan gave an uncannily prescient lecture to the Illinois state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Steven Pinker and Harvey Silverglate

1 Jul 2022 · 14 min read

Smearing an Entire Protest Movement as Fascistic Will Come Back to Haunt My Fellow Leftists

My career as a political essayist began 13 years ago. I had been asked by a left-wing Canadian website [https://rabble.ca/] to expand on my views about a then-ongoing constitutional crisis [https://rabble.ca/general/do-canadians-actually-prefer-minority-rule/]—and explain why public opinion had turned so sharply in favour of then-prime

Stuart Parker

2 Feb 2022 · 7 min read

PODCAST 105: Yoram Hazony on the Challenge of Marxism

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21 Aug 2020 ·

Is the New York Times Bad For Democracy?

Chang Che

20 Mar 2020 · 5 min read

Is Democracy Compatible with Extreme Inequality?

Chang Che

8 Feb 2020 · 6 min read

PODCAST 66: Alireza Nader on the Political Unrest in Iran and the Regime's Brutal Crackdown

Quillette

11 Dec 2019 ·

A Letter From Hong Kong

Peter Baehr

3 Sep 2019 · 6 min read

The Origins of Colourism

As revealed in the documentary, this view takes an emotional toll on dark women, who are discriminated against in all sorts of ways.

Matthew Blackwell

13 Feb 2019 · 13 min read

Why Does Ralph Northam Deserve No Mercy?

Elite liberalism is embracing modes of thought that I once associated with the political Right: joy in punishment and us-versus-them thinking.

Zaid Jilani

2 Feb 2019 · 7 min read

The Case Against a Second EU Referendum

Madeline Grant

21 Jan 2019 · 10 min read

Identitarianism and the Splintering of Democracy

Now, let’s consider for a moment the practical consequences of this theory for our representative democracy.

Max Diamond

25 Oct 2017 · 5 min read

Does Free Speech Need Boundaries to Survive?

It wouldn’t be misleading to say that the greatest threat to free speech today comes from free speech itself.

Wessie du Toit

19 Oct 2017 · 6 min read

Is Hayek's Moral Vision Compatible with Democracy?

As a young man the great economist was influenced by positivist circles in his native Austria. He expressed no faith or belief in God, and adopted a scientific materialism.

David Peterson

10 Mar 2017 · 6 min read