Thomas Doherty

Jan 14, 2025 | quillette.com | Samuel Veissière |Claire Lehmann |Thomas Doherty

After many delays, Canada’s Memorial to the Victims of Communism was officially opened at Wellington and Bay Streets in the nation’s capital on 12 December 2024. The memorial was originally meant to include a display of names honouring individuals who had fought against Soviet oppression, but it attracted controversy and protests when it emerged that some of the honourees might have fought for the Nazis during the Second World War.

Jan 13, 2025 | quillette.com | Zoe Booth |Jonathan Kay |Claire Lehmann |Thomas Doherty

Quillette Senior Editor Jonathan Kay reflects on his time ghostwriting Justin Trudeau’s memoir and shares his take on Trudeau’s political trajectory—from golden boy to polariser-in-chief. We get into the highs of his early leadership, his pivot to hardcore social progressivism, the fallout from the truckers’ protest, and the growing anxiety around immigration. Kay also weighs in on the rise of Pierre Poilievre, the new conservative contender shaking up Canada’s political scene.

Jan 13, 2025 | quillette.com | Samuel Veissière |Claire Lehmann |Thomas Doherty |Greg Koabel

Editor’s Note: This article was first published in Areo Magazine in September 2020. I know of no country in which, for the most part, independence of thought and true freedom of expression are so diminished as in America … In America, the majority traces a tremendous circle around thought. Within its limits, the writer is free, but a great misfortune will befall those who depart from it. [The dissenter] will face disgusts of all kinds and everyday forms of persecution.

Jan 12, 2025 | quillette.com | Claire Lehmann |Thomas Doherty |Greg Koabel |John Aziz

Australia’s catastrophic 2020 fire season shocked the world, claiming twenty-four lives over months of rural and bushland fires. Now, in just days, fires burning through Los Angeles’s densely populated neighbourhoods have killed sixteen people, with authorities warning the death toll will likely rise as they search affected areas. The Palisades Fire alone has destroyed over 1,000 structures, making it the most destructive fire in Los Angeles history.

Jan 11, 2025 | quillette.com | Thomas Doherty |Greg Koabel |John Aziz |Jonathan Kay

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