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
· 18 min read
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A Life Worthwhile
The dignity that comes with a job is more important than the salary.
Magnus Henrekson
· 11 min read
Do Animals Have Rights?—A Roundtable
Editor's note: Quillette asked three scholars to reflect on the debate about animal rights. If you would like to contribute to this discussion, please send a response of ~800 words to [email protected]. I. Animals have rights Bo Winegard is an essayist and holds a PhD in
Bo Winegard, Nathanial Bork, and Jake Scott
· 18 min read
Progressivism, Sexuality, and Mental Illness
Is contemporary liberal-left culture producing greater mental distress?
Eric Kaufmann
· 12 min read
Curtis Yarvin: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
At the center of neoreactionary thinking is a cluster of unworkable ideas.
Max Borders
· 15 min read
Reconsidering the City
If they are to survive and thrive, cities need to become more people-friendly.
Joel Kotkin
· 10 min read
Zelensky’s Terrible Dilemma—and Ours
Capitulation or Bloody Resistance?
John Lloyd
· 8 min read
Diversity and Its Discontents
The public conversation about demographic change is hypocritical and destructive.
Bo Winegard
· 12 min read
The Problem with Nuclear Power
In the US it’s hard to imagine nuclear power playing anything more than a minimal role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which makes projected goals for 2030 and beyond difficult to achieve.
William Beaver
· 7 min read
The Road to Genocide
The Uyghurs have the potential to threaten China's national unity, which is the real reason we are seeing the largest incarceration of an ethnic or religious minority since the Holocaust.
Aaron Sarin
· 17 min read
Washington’s Hidden History
Kirchick’s book is a reminder of a shameful past, but its very existence is also evidence of the progress that the West’s democracies have made in the years since.
Fred Litwin
· 10 min read
Why Not Polygamy? Examining the Case for Legalisation
Polygamy is a criminal offense throughout the Western world. Would making it legal be progress?
Cheryl Mendelson
· 21 min read
Roya Hakakian and How to Speak About What No One Wants to Hear
The combined threats against Roya Hakakian and Masih Alinejad suggest a broader policy of violence and intimidation on the part of the Islamic Republic and its operatives in the United States.
Paul Berman
· 35 min read
Is Moral Expertise Possible? Four Responses
As long as there have been philosophers, there has been thinking about morality.
Quillette
· 13 min read
Woke Capitalism’s Tragedy of the Commons
Woke capitalism is rational, but it is also unsustainable.
Ilya Levine
· 7 min read