Top 10 of 2020 - Quillette

Farewell, Alex Trebek

On Friday, November 6th, between 1 and 2pm Pacific Daylight Time, I participated in an audition for the TV game-show Jeopardy!. Normally auditions are conducted in person at various regional locations around the US. As a Northern Californian, I should have been attending a live audition in San Francisco. But

Kevin Mims

13 Nov 2020 · 14 min read

Down the 1619 Project’s Memory Hole

The announced intention of reframing the country’s origin date struck many readers across the political spectrum as an implicit repudiation of the American revolution and its underlying principles.

Phillip W. Magness

19 Sep 2020 · 6 min read

The Challenge of Marxism

For a generation after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, most Americans and Europeans regarded Marxism as an enemy that had been defeated once and for all. But they were wrong.

Yoram Hazony

16 Aug 2020 · 22 min read

A Declaration of Independence by a Princeton Professor

Independence of thought is considered the hallmark of academia, but everyone deserves it.

Joshua T. Katz

8 Jul 2020 · 6 min read

Racist Police Violence Reconsidered

Blacks are still somewhat more likely than whites to suffer physical and verbal abuse from the cops even when the behavior of the suspect is taken into account. Findings like these contribute to a general sense that cops treat black people as an enemy.

John McWhorter

11 Jun 2020 · 9 min read

COVID-19 Superspreader Events in 28 Countries: Critical Patterns and Lessons

In the absence of any comprehensive database of COVID-19 superspreading events, I built my own.

Jonathan Kay

23 Apr 2020 · 21 min read

Candace Owens Is Dangerously Misinformed about Vaccines

Ever wonder why a man that builds computers, both predicted the pandemic two months before it happened, is suddenly featured on the news every day instilling fear into hearts of Americans, and is now demanding that nothing be reopened until vaccines are mandated?

Matt Johnson

20 Apr 2020 · 9 min read

Declining Med School Standards in a Time of Pandemic

The language of the social justice Left began appearing in diversity statements at even the most elite schools.

Steve Salerno

11 Apr 2020 · 6 min read

I've Been Fired. If You Value Academic Freedom, That Should Worry You

I did not enjoy the protection of tenure (I was, however, tenure-track), but we should not rely upon tenure to uphold free inquiry.

Bo Winegard

6 Mar 2020 · 7 min read

Sorry, New York Times, But America Began in 1776

There is no reason—no reason at all—that middle-class American Blacks or Appalachian whites cannot be expected to perform at the same level as recent immigrants from the Philippines.

Wilfred Reilly

17 Feb 2020 · 10 min read