Politics - Quillette

Fantastical Beliefs in a Post-Christian Age

Without a faith, people must find new sources of meaning, new congregations to which they can belong.

Patrick Parkinson

20 Mar 2023 · 12 min read

Why AUKUS Matters

The deal is a belated response to the Chinese Communist Party’s mushrooming belligerence.

Aaron Sarin

20 Mar 2023 · 11 min read

Chronicle of a War, 20 Years On

The case for removing the worst of the Arab prison states looks more justifiable than ever, even as the blunders involved in its execution look even more unpardonable.

Brian Stewart

19 Mar 2023 · 15 min read

Public Broadcaster, Private Celebrity

Lineker has embarrassed the BBC but the vexing problem of illegal immigration will still have to be addressed.

John Lloyd

15 Mar 2023 · 6 min read

Marching Backwards

Mary Harrington’s proposed solution to the excesses of modern feminism is an overcorrection.

Marilyn Simon

3 Mar 2023 · 13 min read

Forgetting vs. Overcoming: Abuses of History and the 1619 Project

The 1619 Project is, strangely, a history project that encourages forgetting as much as it remembers.

Robert C. Thornett

2 Mar 2023 · 15 min read

The Nature of the Beast

Too many Western politicians continue to delude themselves about the character of Beijing’s regime.

Aaron Sarin

1 Mar 2023 · 10 min read

Beyond Davos

If the Davos crowd has demonstrated anything, it is the futility of their posturing.

Joel Kotkin

27 Feb 2023 · 11 min read

The Ukrainian Year

Ukraine has been instrumental in restoring a focus on what matters to the people and elected leaders of the West.

Jesse Inman

26 Feb 2023 · 4 min read

A Conspiracy Theory of Connotations

The obsessive policing of language in the name of progress relies on magical thinking.

Oliver Traldi

24 Feb 2023 · 7 min read

Heidegger’s Downfall

Richard Wolin’s reappraisal of Martin Heidegger offers both original contributions and a synthesis of critical scholarship. The result is a timely work of enduring importance.