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The Fear and Fantasy of COVID-19 Vaccination

The politicization and generation of narratives surrounding the coronavirus (and ensuing governmental responses) funneled information flow into partitions based on political affiliation.

Iosif M. Gershteyn

10 Apr 2021 · 8 min read

Georgetown's Cultural Revolution

The ranks of this new ruling class are refreshed by immigrant academics who come to understand themselves in the way progressivism understands them: as minorities who can also act victim-like if they want—a precious endowment in the cultural academic market.

Lama Abu-Odeh

9 Apr 2021 · 12 min read

The Transhumanist Case for Liberty

The pursuit of material immortality, even if material immortality cannot be realized, is the most reasonable long-term course of civilization; it’s thus the busywork of humanity.

Mark Goldblatt

8 Apr 2021 · 15 min read

What Happened to Social Democracy?

Social democracy was a product of the inequities of the industrial era and the consequent solidarity that flourished among working people. This often resulted in greater justice for racial minorities.

Joel Kotkin

7 Apr 2021 · 14 min read

When Sons Become Daughters, Part II: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering

This isn’t to say that all causes of transgenderism are exogenous: the presence of neuro-atypical cognition comes up over and over, as does the sons’ process of discovering (or rejecting) their sexuality.

Angus Fox

6 Apr 2021 · 32 min read

Diversity, Inclusion, and Academic Freedom: The Case of Gender Biology

But it is sad to see established facts now suppressed along with undesirable beliefs and opinions. And to see our institutions of higher learning being led to this kind of neo-obscurantism in the name of enlightened social attitudes.

Constantin Polychronakos

5 Apr 2021 · 10 min read

Facts Don’t Care About Your Diversity Training Certificate—A Critique of Credentialism

The basic fact that famous experts are often wrong is not itself in dispute—but is worth reviewing.

Wilfred Reilly

4 Apr 2021 · 10 min read

Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life—A Review

The rule “Do Not Hide Unwanted Things in the Fog” urges us not to ignore negative emotions such as anxiety, pain, and fear.

Hannah Gal

3 Apr 2021 · 11 min read

Persuasion and the Prestige Paradox: Are High Status People More Likely to Lie?

The first type, termed the “central” route, comes from careful and thoughtful consideration of the messages we hear.

Rob Henderson

3 Apr 2021 · 13 min read

When Sons Become Daughters: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering

Many of the young men in question have, in moments of candour, hinted that their motivations for transition are unrelated to actual gender dysphoria.

Angus Fox

2 Apr 2021 · 11 min read

Between Hartlepool and Hampstead—Paul Embery on the British Labour Party and the Working Class

There wasn’t a key single moment, but there were a series of events if you like, which occurred in the first decade of this century.

Carlo Massimo

1 Apr 2021 · 16 min read

Weaponizing Social Justice to Protect School Administrators and Discredit Whistle-blowers: A Canadian Case Study

Two hours to the west of Montreal, the University of Ottawa is now in the midst of its own racism-free anti-racism social panic.

Jonathan Kay

1 Apr 2021 · 18 min read

Taboo: Why Is Africa the Global COVID ‘Cold Spot’ and Why Are We Afraid to Talk About It?

Africa has not been affected on anything like the scale of most countries in Asia, Europe, and North and South America.

Jon Entine / Patrick Whittle

30 Mar 2021 · 21 min read

The Campaign to Thwart Paleogenetic Research Into North America's Indigenous Peoples

In the north, the Maritime Archaic gave way to Pre-Dorset Palaeoeskimos (as they are known in the literature) that had recently arrived from Siberia.

Bruce Bourque

29 Mar 2021 · 20 min read

Podcast 142: Nancy Rommelmann and Michael Totten on Portland's Descent Into Violence—And Why They Finally Decided to Flee

Quillette‘s Jonathan Kay talks to two ex-Portlanders—Nancy Rommelmann and Michael Totten—about how the COVID-19 pandemic and a year of violent protests turned their once beloved city into a fractured, downwardly mobile arena for America’s culture war. Sources discussed in this podcast include: * Leaving Portland, by Michael

Quillette / Nancy Rommelmann

28 Mar 2021 · 1 min read