We Need to Talk About Trans-Identified Killers
The Westman school massacre, explained.
Forest Romm, Kevin Waldman, Zoe Booth
· 6 min read
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A collection of 90 posts
They Don’t Believe It Either
The “Gaza genocide” calumny has become the Left’s equivalent of the “stolen election” hoax on the American Right—a baseless accusation that signals ideological allegiance precisely because it defies logic and evidence.
Maarten Boudry
· 13 min read
An Uneasy Peace
Trump’s peace plan brings the hostages home and halts fighting in Gaza, but Hamas’s refusal to disarm and Israeli concerns about Palestinian statehood threaten the deal’s long-term survival.
Benny Morris
· 15 min read
The Problem with Alt. Media
What the Hughes/Smith debate tells us about the podcast era.
Matt Johnson
· 14 min read
The Melbourne Crimewave
Criminal-justice reformers like to say that it is better to be ‘smart on crime’ than ‘tough on crime.’ But sometimes being tough is the smart choice.
Andrew Bushnell
· 10 min read
The Genocide Libel
A new report from the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies separates verifiable facts from politically motivated fiction in Gaza.
Andrew Fox
· 24 min read
The Masses and the Market
If liberalism is to recover it must find a way to create the conditions for a better future.
Joel Kotkin
· 11 min read
The Post-Kirk Clampdown
The current frenzy of right-wing cancel culture recalls the progressive lunacy that followed the murder of George Floyd. But the current iteration is more dangerous because it is backed by state power.
Patrick Frey
· 22 min read
Brainrot, Not Ideology
The assassination of Charlie Kirk shows how Discord, memes, and “online brainrot” may motivate disaffected youth more than ideology.
Claire Lehmann
· 6 min read
The Murder of Iryna Zarutska
Why did this particular crime cut through the daily background noise of American violence?
Jukka Savolainen
· 8 min read
The 100 Million Killed Under Communist Regimes Matter
The death toll under Communist regimes is of incredible magnitude. Yet whenever I attack Communism for being an evil ideology, I get a serious number of rebuttals.
Razib Khan
· 6 min read
A Crisis of Aid and Information
Distinguishing fact from fiction is crucial to understanding the situation in Gaza and holding the correct parties accountable.
Andrew Fox
· 15 min read
RFK Jr.’s mRNA Betrayal: How Political Ideology Trumped Nobel Prize-Winning Science
Every layer of institutional knowledge validated this public-health technology. Yet it’s being overruled based on a politically torqued misreading of what vaccines are supposed to do.
Jake Scott
· 8 min read
A Heterodox Education
The Constance Holden Memorial Address, 2025.
Claire Lehmann
· 22 min read
Against Palestinian Statehood
Nurturing an alternative power structure in this kind of politically stunted society will be the work of generations. It can’t be summoned into existence by Western leaders seeking to appease domestic constituencies.
The Quillette Editorial Board
· 6 min read