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Two firefighters, next to a fire truck, by the side of a highway, across from a blaze.

Three Hard Truths About California’s Fire Crisis

Climate change makes fires more dangerous. Government competence matters. And preventing catastrophic fires requires expensive, unpopular measures.

Claire Lehmann

12 Jan 2025 · 7 min read

The author is a pale-skinned woman in her twenties. She holds a male infant. There is a coffee up in front of her.

Madonnas in the Louvre

A Christmas Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Claire Lehmann

24 Dec 2024 · 5 min read

The Cass Effect

A landmark report properly emphasises the application of science, not slogans, in establishing treatment protocols for trans-identified children.

The Quillette Editorial Board

29 Apr 2024 · 14 min read

Let Israel’s Critics Have Their Say

No one should suffer professional or academic repercussions simply because they voice support for Palestinian rights and welfare.

The Quillette Editorial Board

27 Oct 2023 · 6 min read

Our New, Subscription-Based World

Like Substack, Quillette is hoping to provide readers with more engagement, and less anger.

The Quillette Editorial Board

10 Apr 2023 · 8 min read

Quillette Editors’ Choice of 2022

“Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.” ― T.S. Eliot

Zoe Booth

24 Dec 2022 · 7 min read

A Rush to Judgement in Psychological Science

In its panicked dismissal of Klaus Fiedler, the APS has failed to deliver procedural justice

The Quillette Editorial Board

12 Dec 2022 · 7 min read

Rushdie’s Moral Heroism

The attempt on the great writer’s life illustrates the dedication with which fanatics pursue the objects of their hatred.

The Quillette Editorial Board

14 Aug 2022 · 7 min read

The Disgraceful Firing of Joshua T. Katz

Joshua Katz knew it was dangerous to go public with his objections to a Princeton faculty letter, but he did so because his conscience demanded it. For this, he has paid an intolerable price.

The Quillette Editorial Board

26 May 2022 · 13 min read

Ukraine’s Suffering Shows Culture Warriors What a Real War Looks Like: a Quillette Editorial

Over the last month, Vladimir Putin has invaded Ukraine, slaughtered thousands of its citizens, and laid waste to its infrastructure. At home, the Russian President has outlawed political dissent, arrested legions of antiwar protesters, shut down the last vestiges of an independent press, and, as Quillette contributor Robert Ginzburg has

The Quillette Editorial Board

23 Mar 2022 · 4 min read

My Life as a Ghostwriter

If you pick the right projects, on the other hand, ghostwriting can be highly lucrative, especially as compared to the low payouts available to mid-list authors publishing non-fiction books under their own name.

Jonathan Kay

26 Sep 2021 · 12 min read

Making the (Conservative) Case for Vaccine Passports

In many parts of the world, the anti-vaccination cause is now closely associated with the right-leaning side of the political spectrum.

The Quillette Editorial Board

3 Sep 2021 · 9 min read

With a Star Science Reporter's Purging, Mob Culture at The New York Times Enters a Strange New Phase

But since these same Times managers had already shown staff they can be bullied by office mobs, it was predictable that McNeil eventually would be thrown beneath the Times bus (an increasingly crowded place), which is why he now finds himself unemployed and begging for forgiveness.

Quillette

9 Feb 2021 · 8 min read

Trump’s Exit: An Optimist’s Take on What Happens Next

The open question is whether a critical mass of Americans actually want civility, bipartisanship, and moderation.

Quillette

23 Jan 2021 · 6 min read

America Has Serious Problems. It’s Time to Stop Blaming Them on ‘Trumpism’

It is always tempting to portray one’s political opponents as consumed by some inveterate flaw or social contaminant that marks them as fallen creatures.

Quillette

9 Nov 2020 · 10 min read