Ralph Leonard

Jan 8, 2025 | quillette.com | John Aziz |Jonathan Kay |Aaron Sarin |Ralph Leonard

The idea that we are living in the era of late-stage capitalism has recently gained traction on the Left, particularly among Millennials and Gen Z. The evocative phrase paints a picture of a crumbling economic system, ravaged by mounting social tensions, teetering towards a Marxist revolution.

Sep 20, 2024 | quillette.com | Jonathan Kay |Aaron Sarin |Ralph Leonard |Benny Morris

Earlier today, I published a Quillette article outlining recent developments in the (slow) process by which Canadians have come to terms with the “unmarked graves” social panic of 2021. As noted in that piece, the original scandal was a blockbuster news story, following on claims that the secret resting places of 215 (presumably murdered) Indigenous children had been located on the grounds of a former school in Kamloops, British Columbia.

Aug 15, 2024 | quillette.com | Thomas Larson |Lawrence Krauss |George Perry |Ralph Leonard

Though I’m a happily terrorised fan of John Krasinski’s dystopian films, A Quiet Place (2018) and A Quiet Place, Part II (2020), a question has been stalking me since their premieres. In these first two films, giant, human-gobbling praying mantises fall to earth and begin annihilating humankind. They cannot see, so they navigate and hunt by sound, their acute hearing provoking them to attack even the faintest sound. But why are they doing this? This remains a maddening mystery. Hunger? Malice? Revenge?