Trump’s Exit: An Optimist’s Take on What Happens Next
The open question is whether a critical mass of Americans actually want civility, bipartisanship, and moderation.
Quillette
· 6 min read
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The Battle for Moral Authority
Their fight is now ours today.
Eli Steele
· 9 min read
Why ‘Just Follow the Science’ Won’t Solve All Our Problems
The upshot is this: When a topic has moral or ideological implications, people typically have an a priori point of view that they then use as an end point, at least on a subconscious level.
Ilana Redstone
· 6 min read
The Value of Knowledge
When we value skills over knowledge, we get doctors who can’t name a supreme court justice.
Daniel Buck
· 10 min read
Politics vs. Mental Health: How the Culture War Blocked My Healing Process
No matter what a person’s skin color or ideology, encouraging them to feel ashamed about who they are is never conducive to good mental health.
Ian Dempsey
· 7 min read
Beating Up Boomer
Reviews of A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America by Bruce Cannon Gibney, Hachette, 465 pages (March 2018) OK Boomer, Let’s Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind by Jill Filipovic, Atria/One Signal, 336 pages (August 2020) Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom
Kevin Mims
· 16 min read
BirthStrike: The Movement to End All Movements
Is BirthStrike a luxury belief?
William Costello and Freya India, Freya India, William Costello
· 8 min read
Big Tech and Regulation—A Response to the Quillette Editors
The fallout has been intense and has gripped the professional commentariat.
Allen Farrington
· 7 min read
Why We Should Read Martin Amis
Amis is in love with English, and the marriage is a healthy one.
Riley Moore
· 10 min read
COVID Has Forced Teachers to Confront Longstanding Problems—And Education Will Never Be the Same
Teaching online and in-person concurrently is disorienting, and I spend the day fearful that I am doing a disservice to both groups.
Joshua Pauling
· 8 min read
Three Plane Rides and the Quest for a Just Society
It is the willingness to commit such sacrilege that distinguishes the reactions of Sue and hooks from that of King.
Aaron Preston
· 15 min read
Degree Requirements for Police Officers Will Not Make Us Safer
Relegating police training to outside universities smacks of duty shirking; it should be the responsibility (and purview) of police departments to train law enforcement professionals effectively.
Nicholas Sharrer
· 12 min read
Rise of the Coronavirus Cranks
The smileys are not bad people. They are not necessarily unintelligent people. They are unhappy people wearing a mask of happiness, confused and beaten and searching for an easy answer.
Christopher J. Snowdon
· 19 min read
Republicans' Lyceum Moment—and America's
In the present moment, reverence for the law is not yet (or is no longer) a political religion in the United States.
Brian Stewart
· 6 min read
Britain Needs a New Approach to Homelessness
The money offered by benevolent citizens and the abundance of cheap drugs act as a magnet for the area.
Noel Yaxley
· 11 min read