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As a Hereditarian, I Strongly Support Economic Redistribution

A recognition that genetic influences on social outcomes are important will potentially influence the kind of help that society offers poorer individuals. But it does not in any way compel an absence of help, or a casual indifference.

Gregory Clark

21 Aug 2023 · 7 min read

My APA Resignation

These are terrifying words. They’re also at best debatable, arguably simply untrue.

Christopher J. Ferguson

31 Dec 2021 · 10 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

A Brief History of China's One-Child Policy

In a dizzying volte-face, the world’s most murderously anti-natalist regime has become its most pleadingly pro-natalist.

Aaron Sarin

25 Nov 2020 · 15 min read

Motivated Reasoning Is Disfiguring Social Science

The bottom line is that professional guilds such as the APA and AAP have a demonstrable track record of unreliability when speaking on matters of science.

Christopher J. Ferguson

23 Feb 2019 · 8 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 · 8 min read

A Policy of Censorship More Extreme Than Google

There is no room for nuance, no room for subtlety. Feelings supersede facts. The emotions of the most fragile must be soothed at any cost, even if the truth is a casualty.

Gideon Scopes

10 Sep 2017 · 8 min read

Remain vs Leave: Elite Technocracy vs Liberal Democracy

Brexit: A democratic choice, despite economic uncertainty, challenging technocracy, and promoting accountability and sovereignty.

Jeffrey Ketland

8 Jul 2016 · 7 min read