Iran’s Hidden War Against the West: Emily Schrader
Emily Schrader joins Pamela Paresky to explain how Iran’s regime works, why reform has failed, and what may come next.
Pamela Paresky
· 41 min read
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A collection of 105 posts
Why Populism is Rising in Australia: Immigration and One Nation Surge
Australia has long been considered politically stable compared with Europe and the United States. But according to political scientist Eric Kaufmann, that period of “Australian exceptionalism” may be coming to an end.
Eric Kaufmann, Zoe Booth
· 11 min read
Podcast #327: Will Post-Islamist Iran Get a Royal Restoration?
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Iranian-Canadian human-rights activist Kaveh Shahrooz about whether Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the last Shah of Iran, might rise to power as a new Prince of Persia.
Quillette
· 3 min read
Bertrand Russell’s Cancellation and the Ongoing Battle Over Campus Speech
How religious conservatives cancelled philosopher Bertrand Russell in 1940, sparking academic freedom debates that echo today.
James Huffman
· 7 min read
Israel’s Ministry of Truth? An Interview with Gadi Taub
Historian Gadi Taub discusses media leaks, military censorship, and the Sde Teiman controversy in Israel—and his defamation suit against Ronen Bergman.
Pamela Paresky, Gadi Taub
· 29 min read
The Housing Crisis Is Destroying Homeownership—and Undermining Democracy
Escalating house prices and density rules trap young people in renting, eroding homeownership—a key to democracy.
Wendell Cox, Joel Kotkin
· 12 min read
The Thornhill and Palmer Affair: When Evolutionary Biology Challenged Rape Orthodoxy
For their research showing that rape is generally motivated by sexual desire, Randy Thornhill and Craig Palmer were subjected to death threats and hounded in their personal and professional lives. And yet, they were right.
Zoe Booth, Peggy Sastre
· 8 min read
The Gentle Wildness of Tasmania
Tasmania looks like wilderness from afar. Up close, it is lush, intimate, and unexpectedly generous—a place that feels familiar, yet entirely its own.
Iona Italia
· 13 min read
The Alaa Abd El-Fattah Case and the Limits of Human Rights Law
How did Britain end up granting citizenship to radical activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah?
Guy Baldwin, Zoe Booth
· 6 min read
Cousin Marriage and Inbreeding: A Genetic History
What large-scale genomic data reveals about consanguinity, inherited disease, and the uneasy politics of discussing biological risk.
Zoe Booth, Francisco Ceballos
· 7 min read
Why Australia Struggles to Confront Islamic Antisemitism — and What This Means for Social Cohesion
Why has Australia proved reluctant to confront antisemitism when its sources are treated as culturally or religiously sensitive?
Zoe Booth, Alan Davison
· 7 min read
How Doctors Without Borders Became a Political Actor in Gaza
In recent years, large international NGOs have increasingly blurred the line between humanitarian work and political advocacy.
Gerald M. Steinberg, E. Levenson, Zoe Booth
· 7 min read
The Chanukah Terror Attack in Australia—and the Antisemitism Behind It
A video essay examining the Chanukah terror attack at Bondi Beach, the acts of courage that unfolded in its aftermath, and the ideological and institutional failures that allowed antisemitism in Australia to escalate unchecked.
Iona Italia
· 5 min read
What the Bondi Attack Reveals About Australia’s Immigration Policy
The Akram case exposes with brutal clarity that time does not ensure assimilation. Being born in Australia does not guarantee allegiance.
Claire Lehmann
· 5 min read
Bondi Was Not a Surprise: How Antisemitism Was Normalised in Australia
Why the Bondi attack was not an aberration, but the consequence of years of tolerated antisemitism across Australian public life.
Jack Pinczewski
· 5 min read