J.K. Rowling vs. Amnesty
Is this the reckoning that human-rights NGOs have long avoided?
Danielle Haas
· 10 min read
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A collection of 114 posts
The Tip of the Iceberg
The Jason Arday fiasco is a reminder why academia has developed a reputation for cowardice, careerism, and conformism in recent years.
Andrew Hammel
· 7 min read
What Is the Point of Anthropology?
How a discipline lost interest in the people it was founded to understand.
Robert Lynch
· 11 min read
Men Without Meaning
Men are quietly leaving the workforce—not for lack of jobs, but for lack of purpose.
Tanveer Ahmed
· 10 min read
On the Brink Again
A collapsed ceasefire has pushed America and Iran back towards full-scale war over the Strait of Hormuz. Now Trump must decide whether to finish the job or give Tehran one more chance.
Benny Morris
· 10 min read
The Oldest Tradition in Art
Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, shot entirely on IMAX cameras, is the newest chapter in an old story: technological innovation creating new forms of art.
Claire Lehmann
· 7 min read
I Chaired Canada's Human Rights Tribunal. Here's What I Saw.
During my time chairing the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, I sometimes felt like the agent of a state-funded extortion ring.
David Thomas
· 13 min read
Why Soccer Is Boring
How the beautiful game convinced the world that boredom is sophistication.
Robert Lynch
· 10 min read
The Menace of a Respectable Hatred
What remains of a person, an institution, or a civilisation that dishonours itself when Jews and Israel become the targets of hatred and violence?
Yuki Zeman
· 16 min read
The Greatest Tradition of All
Apart from the Declaration and Constitution, there is perhaps no more essentially American document than Thomas Paine’s revolutionary pamphlet ‘Common Sense.’
Matt Johnson
· 8 min read
How Canada Jumped the Rails on ’Gender-Affirming Care’: A Quillette Investigation
The career arc of Canadian Paediatric Society president Natasha Johnson helps explain why her country has become such an outlier in the treatment of trans-identified children.
Jonathan Kay
· 24 min read
How Europe Became the World Champion of Heat Deaths
The continent with the lowest number of hot days leads the world in heat mortality. Europe’s self-inflicted aversion to air conditioning betrays a deeper hostility to energy and to progress itself.
Maarten Boudry
· 6 min read
Perceptions of Weakness
In his panic-stricken effort to disentangle America from the Middle Eastern mess, Trump now appears to be falling into line with Tehran’s wishes.
Benny Morris
· 13 min read
The Party of the Worker Is Now the Party of the Bureaucrat
The old fight was labour versus capital. The real fight now is between those who create value and those who administer it, and Australia's new budget has picked the wrong side.
Claire Lehmann
· 13 min read
An Electoral Reckoning at Last?
Benjamin Netanyahu’s unprecedented tenure as Israeli prime minister may be about to end.
Benny Morris
· 9 min read