History - Quillette (Page 16)

Why Is a Top Australian University Supporting Indigenous Creationism?

The message in Appropriate Terminology, Indigenous Australian People is that the UNSW now regards its core mission—the pursuit of truth—as negotiable if it conflicts with the postures associated with social justice.

Andrew Glover

23 Jul 2019 · 5 min read

Abandon in Place: The Price of the First Steps to the Moon

Between July 20, 1969, and December 14, 1972, 12 Americans walked on the moon. Describing the remarkable and inspiring and fascinating how is usually the focus of books and documentaries.

Craig Colgan

18 Jul 2019 · 10 min read

Age of Amnesia

The spread of mass education may have exemplified the promise of liberal civilization. The spread of mass education may have exemplified the promise of liberal civilization. But, without an understanding and appreciation of what allowed it to flourish, it could also accelerate its dissolution.

Joel Kotkin

15 Jul 2019 · 9 min read

Canada's Treatment of Indigenous Peoples Was Cruel. But Calling It an Ongoing 'Genocide' Is Wrong

The crime of genocide is typically investigated and litigated with the goal of holding genocidaires accountable for their crimes.

David Mount

11 Jul 2019 · 19 min read

Why China is Hiding the Horrors of Its Past

While the Chinese government continues to transform Xinjiang through its cultural genocide program aimed at eliminating the distinct identity of the Uyghur population, it is also putting a high priority on controlling the history of the region and its people.

Nick Taber

10 Jul 2019 · 8 min read

So This Is the (Real) Tale of Our Castaways: Lessons from Shipwrecked Micro-Societies

Survivor communities manifested cooperation in diverse ways: sharing food equitably; taking care of injured or sick colleagues; working together to dig wells, bury the dead, co-ordinate a defense, or maintain signal fires; or jointly planning to build a boat or secure rescue.

Nicholas Christakis

9 Jul 2019 · 11 min read

How Antifa's Apologists Fell in Love With Street Violence

Antifa movements have sprung up in a variety of countries, often opposing Nazis and Nazi sympathizers while also promoting general far-left politics of the Marxist and communist variety.

Robby Soave

3 Jul 2019 · 7 min read

Whither Léon Blum?—Paul Berman's Misplaced Faith in Bernie Sanders

Jeremy Corbyn’s record of praising terrorist organizations and celebrating artwork that looks like it was commissioned by Joseph Goebbels to the long list of condemnations of Labour issued by Jewish organizations in the UK.

Matt Johnson

3 Jul 2019 · 12 min read

Say It Ain’t So, Doc: How Should Martin Luther King Scholars Deal With the Rape Story?

If the FBI tapes and transcripts are made public in 2027, we will need responsible historians to use them responsibly. They can’t be ignored, nor can the allegation that is now rocking the foundations of King’s moral legacy.

Stephen Smith

28 Jun 2019 · 6 min read

Cornell students emerging from Willard Straight Hall after the takeover.

The Fog of Youth: The Cornell Student Takeover, 50 Years On

The ethical shortcomings of the 1969 Cornell student rebellion, which appear so glaring today, were anything but clear to us radical activists at the time.

Tony Fels

25 Jun 2019 · 27 min read

My Testimony on Reparations

Racism is a bloody stain on this country’s history, and I consider our failure to pay reparations directly to freed slaves after the Civil War to be one of the greatest injustices ever perpetrated by the U.S. government.

Coleman Hughes

20 Jun 2019 · 4 min read

The Ultimate ‘Concept Creep’: How a Canadian Inquiry Strips the Word ‘Genocide’ of Meaning

All societies lie to themselves about genocide. But the nature of the lies change over time.

Jonathan Kay

3 Jun 2019 · 9 min read

Conspiracism at the Atlantic

The Atlantic may think that the anti-Shakespeare campaigners offer an entertaining diversion. Its editors certainly failed to pick up the failings of Winkler’s research, yet I believe the issue is a lot more serious than that.

Oliver Kamm

16 May 2019 · 10 min read

Seventy-five Years Later, Hungary Still Hasn’t Come to Terms with its Role in the Holocaust

The only way to start healing from these crimes is to acknowledge how they happened.

Anna Porter

15 May 2019 · 9 min read

A Girl’s Place in the World

Men (and, less often, women as well) across societies all over the world have used violence in an attempt to control women’s reproductive outcomes and limit the choices available to them, and in many circumstances, men have benefited from doing so.

William Buckner

9 May 2019 · 15 min read