From Imperium to Expansionism Donald Trump is often described as an imperialist and an expansionist and these terms are usually used interchangeably. Neither of these descriptions is meant to be flattering, but the larger problem is that they are imprecise. Ronald W. Dworkin 24 Feb 2025 · 13 min read
Were the Nazis Left-Wing? The parallels between Nazism and communism complicate the standard left–right divide. Gerfried Ambrosch 24 Feb 2025 · 9 min read
Podcast #273: Australia’s Antisemitism Crisis Quillette editor-in-chief Claire Lehmann speaks with Bangladeshi-born Australian psychiatrist and journalist Tanveer Ahmed about the rise of Jew-hatred in their country. Quillette 23 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
The Ultimate Betrayal America just switched sides in the Ukraine war. Francis Fukuyama 21 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
Israel–Gaza: A War Between Cousins Both Israelis and Palestinians have a reasonable claim to live in the Holy Land, based on deep local roots. John Aziz 20 Feb 2025 · 8 min read
Demystifying Critical Race Theory Activists on both sides have an incentive to keep Critical Race Theory undefined and ambiguous. Josh Yuter 19 Feb 2025 · 18 min read
A Kinder, Gentler Eliminationism Peter Beinart has responded to the 7 October massacre and subsequent Gaza war with a deeply duplicitous book. Susie Linfield 19 Feb 2025 · 18 min read
Slim Shady’s Blues Eminem’s music helped him to cope with his own suffering. It also helped his listeners cope with theirs. Samuel Kronen 18 Feb 2025 · 10 min read
Universities Are Worth Saving Those seeking to address the crisis on America’s campuses should resist the tendency toward nihilism—the temptation to conclude that we need to just (metaphorically) burn it all down. Jonathan Rauch 18 Feb 2025 · 14 min read
Explaining Canada’s Cult of ‘Decolonial Futurity’ to Americans Legions of Canadian university students are now required to mumble fatuous platitudes about decolonisation as a condition of graduation. It’s effectively become Canada’s national liturgy. Jonathan Kay 17 Feb 2025 · 9 min read
Scandalous Monogamy and Faithful Infidelity On eros and marriage. Marilyn Simon 14 Feb 2025 · 12 min read
Podcast #272: The Great Divergence Iona Italia talks to evolutionary psychologist David C. Geary about why he believes evolved differences between the sexes have been growing more salient in western societies. Quillette 14 Feb 2025 · 24 min read
Peanuts in Perspective Peanuts offered parables of existential angst and longing, described through small stories about the small affairs of small people. George Case 13 Feb 2025 · 7 min read
How Hong Kong’s Struggle Came to Britain Conflict is brewing between Hongkongers who have made the UK their home and a Communist Party that wants to make the UK its vassal. Aaron Sarin 13 Feb 2025 · 8 min read
Australian Healthcare’s Darkest Hour The NSW nurses have not just threatened individual patients—they have desecrated what it means to be Australian. Claire Lehmann 12 Feb 2025 · 4 min read