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A Christmas Message from Quillette

In Christian history, Thessalonica is better known for the epistles that Paul the Apostle wrote to members of the city’s community, and which became part of the New Testament.

Quillette

24 Dec 2019 · 5 min read

The Many Faces of Scientific Fraud

Everyday fudging of experimental data in laboratories cannot exclusively be explained by researchers’ desire to get an intuited result in a better-than-perfect form, as was the case with Mendel, or to distinguish themselves through the accuracy of their measurements, as with Millikan.

Nicolas Chevassus-au-Louis

21 Dec 2019 · 12 min read

'White Christmas' and the Triumphs of the Greatest Generation

Michael Curtiz’s 1954 classic White Christmas is so popular that it generates new think-pieces every time the holiday season rolls around. Last year, the New York Times republished its own original review of the film, in which the late Bosley Crowther panned the movie. Other pieces in other places

Kevin Mims

20 Dec 2019 · 11 min read

Arresting the White Backlash

Moving beyond the populist moment would provide space for a more honest and necessary conversation about questions relating to white identity.

Samuel Kronen

18 Dec 2019 · 9 min read

Journalists Need to Do a Better Job Matching 'Experts' to Their Actual Expertise

By simply letting experts see how they are about to be quoted, everyone will end up happier.

Brian Kalt

18 Dec 2019 · 7 min read

Economic Inequality—Populism’s Rallying Cry

The inequality narrative’s major flaw is that it fails to assess the only dimension of prosperity that really matters, absolute prosperity, choosing instead to focus on relative prosperity.

Jordan Alexander Hill

17 Dec 2019 · 19 min read

Britain's Labour Party Got Woke—And Now It's Broke

Another, related phenomenon that’s been overlooked is that these “topsy turvey” politics are hardly unique to Britain. Left-of-center parties in most parts of the Anglosphere, as well as other Western democracies, have seen the equivalent of their own ‘Red Walls’ collapsing.

Toby Young

13 Dec 2019 · 11 min read

Australia’s PISA Shock

Reforming Australia’s national curriculum to make it more knowledge-rich, as has happened in England, would be a step in the right direction.

Greg Ashman

10 Dec 2019 · 8 min read

‘Girls Need Female Role Models’ and Other Bromides

We all need role models. Role models can do wonders to our lives. But, please, let’s choose them for their qualities—not their gender.

Elena Shalneva

9 Dec 2019 · 6 min read

Are We in the Midst of a Transgender Murder Epidemic?

The truth is there is no epidemic of transgender murders. The recorded transgender murder rate is 1/3 or less of the overall murder rate for all American citizens and legal residents.

Wilfred Reilly

7 Dec 2019 · 7 min read

On Gender, Blurring the Line Between Dogma and Farce

Every man should be free to invite others to regard him as a woman without fear of inviting violence, discrimination or the loss of basic rights. That is what being protected from transphobia means.

Jonathan Kay

7 Dec 2019 · 6 min read

Tensions in NATO and the Looming End of Pax Americana

Brian Stewart

5 Dec 2019 · 6 min read

The New White Man's Burden

It is unforgivable that the rulers of the countries from which citizens are attempting to enter Europe utter not a word when tragedy befalls unseaworthy vessels in the Mediterranean, and they make no effort to have the bodies of the dead returned home.