The Best of Quillette

The attempt on the great writer’s life illustrates the dedication with which fanatics pursue the objects of their hatred.

Academia has become an intellectual prison, and many incarcerated professors are compelled to live a dual existence.

I didn’t have a choice. Thousands of people are driven out of the profession each year.

Consumption of fossil fuels is growing faster than ever.

«Last year, according to data from the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, in both the US, and the world as a whole, the growth in hydrocarbons—oil, natural gas, and coal—far exceeded the growth of wind and solar by huge margins.»

In thinking about the extraordinary capitulation of our institutions to the self-avowedly radical, ‘subversive’ and altogether pernicious forces of Marxism and intersectionality, there is a temptation…

Intensive con artistry may be a narcissistic strategy for the avoidance of self-knowledge.

«For victimized minds, two wrongs make a right.»

Whatever the literary strengths of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the book has done much to harm both the mentally ill and their communities

They are a doorway into stupidity and misery.

An informative and apolitical new book reminds us that statistics are not always what they seem.

«But for the most part, official statistics are imperfect but good enough.»

Refashioning the private company as a legitimate town square would require more change than we realize.

It is not a destination. It’s our ongoing life’s work as responsible adults.

To be human is to be artificial.

«We are profoundly social animals with brains designed to absorb and assimilate our surrounding culture, beginning most dramatically with language.»

Is moral expertise really a thing—normatively, theoretically, or metaphysically? All three major Western schools of moral philosophy seem to think so, including virtue ethics, deontology, and…

The case for ending calculus requirements for science majors.

The further we look into the future, the less certain we can be about our predictions and plans.

«Unlike its authoritarian rivals, democracy has the capacity to course-correct.»