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Think Cancel Culture Doesn’t Exist? My Own ‘Lived Experience’ Says Otherwise

Published by Colin Wright

Given the moral authority that many progressives assign to the lessons of “lived experience,” it seems counterintuitive that they are the ones now strenuously downplaying the scourge of cancel...

July 30, 2020

Spotlight

I Was Invited to Testify on Energy Policy. Then Democrats Didn’t Let Me Speak

Published by Michael Shellenberger

Today, shortly after giving expert testimony to Congress about energy policy, I had the startling experience of being smeared by sitting members of the United States House of Representatives....

July 29, 2020

Activism, Environment, Spotlight

Understanding Totalitarianism

Published by Brent Holley

In recent years, amid concern about a possible resurgence of totalitarianism, a number of books and articles have appeared that are intended to warn about the rhetoric and behavior...

July 29, 2020

History, Long Read, Politics, Spotlight

Cultural Revolution in the Renaissance?

Published by James Hankins

It is a striking feature of our historical moment that vast numbers of cultural institutions, universities and professional associations have felt the need to express their horror at the...

July 29, 2020

Spotlight

Our Oppressive Moment

Published by John McWhorter

As one of the signatories to the much-discussed “Open Letter” in Harper’s magazine, I’ve been bemused by the objection that we are merely whiners—people with impregnable career success, flustered...

July 29, 2020

Activism, BLM, Free Speech, Journalism, Media, Top Stories

The Myth of Pervasive Misogyny

Published by Cory Clark and Bo Winegard

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. ~Timothy Leary Many feminists and progressives argue that the West is plagued by pervasive misogyny. In fact, this claim...

July 27, 2020

Feminism, Privilege, Social Science, Top Stories, Women

Remembering Cancel Culture’s 40-Year-Old Stepfather

Published by Adrian Nguyen

The worst-case scenario for a film that falls afoul of the morality police is that its release is scrapped after reviewers react negatively. In other cases, movies have been...

July 27, 2020

Culture, Culture Wars, Diversity, Entertainment, Free Speech, Identity, Top Stories

Princeton University is One of the Least Racist Institutions in the World

Published by Sergiu Klainerman

Reflecting on recent events in Princeton starting with the July 4th “Faculty Letter” to the president, Professor Joshua Katz’s reply in his Declaration of Independence, and all the brouhaha...

July 27, 2020

Education, Free Speech, Spotlight, Top Stories

Humanity’s Great Urban Adventure Didn’t Begin With Greece and Rome

Published by Greg Woolf

The spectacular story of the growth and withering away of ancient Mediterranean urbanism is often drowned out by the noise of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire....

July 26, 2020

History, Nonfiction, Top Stories

Of Heroic Deeds and Hysterical Masses

Published by David A. Eisenberg

Perpetual progress is no more possible than perpetual motion, an axiom unwittingly vindicated by the benighted throngs that currently run amok across America, menacing the living and long dead...

July 24, 2020

Activism, Culture Wars, History, Top Stories

Remembering Reinaldo Arenas and His Enduring Lessons on Repression, Torment, and Exile

Published by Jorge C. Carrasco

In a scene from Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s iconic Cuban film Memorias del Subdesarrollo (1968), a man looks down from his balcony at Havana’s streets. Only a few years had...

July 23, 2020

Cinema, Culture, Top Stories

Why Have So Many American Conservatives Embraced COVID-19 Pseudoscience?

Published by Nidra Poller

With almost 150,000 COVID-19 deaths, the United States, putative leader of the free world, now is competing with Brazil and Russia for global supremacy in pandemic mismanagement. Not only...

July 23, 2020

Health, Science, Science / Tech, Top Stories

July 29, 2020

Our Oppressive Moment

As one of the signatories to the much-discussed “Open Letter” in Harper’s magazine, I’ve been bemused by the objection...

by John McWhorter

July 29, 2020

I Was Invited to Testify on Energy Policy. Then Democrats Didn’t Let Me Speak

Today, shortly after giving expert testimony to Congress about energy policy, I had the startling experience of being smeared...

by Michael Shellenberger

July 29, 2020

Understanding Totalitarianism

In recent years, amid concern about a possible resurgence of totalitarianism, a number of books and articles have appeared...

by Brent Holley

July 27, 2020

The Myth of Pervasive Misogyny

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. ~Timothy Leary Many feminists and progressives argue that the...

by Cory Clark and Bo Winegard

July 27, 2020

Remembering Cancel Culture’s 40-Year-Old Stepfather

The worst-case scenario for a film that falls afoul of the morality police is that its release is scrapped...

by Adrian Nguyen

July 27, 2020

Princeton University is One of the Least Racist Institutions in the World

Reflecting on recent events in Princeton starting with the July 4th “Faculty Letter” to the president, Professor Joshua Katz’s...

by Sergiu Klainerman

July 26, 2020

Humanity’s Great Urban Adventure Didn’t Begin With Greece and Rome

The spectacular story of the growth and withering away of ancient Mediterranean urbanism is often drowned out by the...

by Greg Woolf

July 24, 2020

Of Heroic Deeds and Hysterical Masses

Perpetual progress is no more possible than perpetual motion, an axiom unwittingly vindicated by the benighted throngs that currently...

by David A. Eisenberg

July 23, 2020

Why Have So Many American Conservatives Embraced COVID-19 Pseudoscience?

With almost 150,000 COVID-19 deaths, the United States, putative leader of the free world, now is competing with Brazil...

by Nidra Poller

July 20, 2020

Denunciation Staged as ‘Dialogue’: A Review of Claudia Rankine’s &...

On March 10th, just days before the lockdown would shut down the theater business in New York City (and...

by Nick Comilla

July 17, 2020

In Canada’s Version of Portland, Cancel Culture Comes for ‘Steve-O-Reno’...

Last year, writer Nancy Rommelmann wrote a widely shared Quillette article entitled “The Internet Locusts Descend on Ristretto Roasters,”...

by Jonathan Kay

July 16, 2020

As Statues Fall, What’s the Best Way to Evaluate History’s Heroes?

The United States is in the midst of an orgy of literal iconoclasm, with activists and local officials toppling...

by Steven D. Hales

July 15, 2020

The Hagia Sophia Should Remain a Beacon to All

On July 10th, Turkish President Recep Erdoğan undid the symbolic roots of his republic by declaring that the Hagia...

by Lars Bronworth

July 14, 2020

In Defence of the Humanities

The Australian government’s recent decision to cut funding for university courses in the arts and humanities was greeted with...

by Elena Shalneva

July 13, 2020

The Passing of the Second Imperial Age

In the half-millennium of modern European imperialism, from the Spanish and Portuguese in the 16th century to the withdrawing...

by John Lloyd

July 13, 2020

In Defense of ‘Reactionary Liberalism’—A Reply to Osita Nwanevu

I am a liberal conservative, or as the New Republic‘s Osita Nwanevu would have it, a “reactionary liberal.” I...

by Bo Winegard

July 11, 2020

Why I Signed the Harper’s Letter

In 1996, the late great Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami was on stage taking questions at the Lincoln Center in...

by Roya Hakakian

July 8, 2020

Why I Believe Climate Change Is Not the End of the World

The following is excerpted, with permission, from Michael Shellenberger’s new book, Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All,...

by Michael Shellenberger

July 8, 2020

Thoughts on Longevity

Olivia de Havilland, the oldest surviving actress from Hollywood’s Golden Age, turned 104 last week. To live that long...

by Simon Evans

July 8, 2020

Discovering the Link Between Gender Identity and Peer Contagion

The following is excerpted, with permission, from Abigail Shrier’s newly published book, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our...

by Abigail Shrier

July 6, 2020

Arguing in America

Jacob Siegel’s recent essay for Tablet entitled “The New Truth” manages to capture something important about the current state...

by Geoff Costeloe

July 6, 2020

Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Tainted My Workplace. Then Ronan Farrow’s Botched...

“You really need to pull over. You can’t drive all the way to Illinois without some rest,” my spouse...

by Peter Cohen

July 6, 2020

Free Speech is a Value, not a Right

Free speech is a value, not a right. Understanding this distinction sheds light on the various debates in the...

by Logan Chipkin

July 6, 2020

To Be Useful, Health Data Must Go Deeper Than ‘Black’ and ‘White’

All over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected patients based on a variety of identifiable factors, from...

by Amr F. Hamour

Bad Vibrations: The Lies Universities Tell Their Students about Sex

Published by Samantha Harris and Michael Thad Allen

Universities today bombard students with two contradictory messages about sex, effectively encouraging them to carry a dildo in their pocket, while lugging a fainting couch behind them. On the...

June 17, 2020

Education, Recommended, Sex

Woody Allen’s ‘Apropos of Nothing’—A Review

Published by David Evanier

A Review of Apropos of Nothing by Woody Allen, Arcade Publishing (March 2020) 400 pages Rolling Stone has pronounced Woody Allen’s new memoir, Apropos of Nothing, “horrendously ugly.” The...

April 21, 2020

Books, Recommended, Review

The Coming Age of Dispersion

Published by Joel Kotkin

As of this writing, the long-term effects of the coronavirus pandemic remain uncertain. But one possible consequence is an acceleration of the end of the megacity era. In its...

March 25, 2020

COVID-19, Economics, Health, Politics, Recommended