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Canada’s Newest Identity, Made in the USA

1 week ago | quillette.com | Jonathan Kay

Australia and Canada share many similarities, both being large, resource-rich, politically progressive members of the Anglosphere. But they differ in at least one critical respect: In Canada, unlike Australia, our economic livelihood is critically dependent on a much larger neighbour.
Christopher Rufo’s Pyrrhic Victory

1 week ago | quillette.com | Matt Johnson

The Trump administration has threatened to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding from elite universities, including US$2.26 billion intended for Harvard, US$1 billion for Cornell, and US$400 million for Columbia.
The Radicalisation of Young Women

2 weeks ago | quillette.com | Claire Lehmann

In this video essay, Quillette founder Claire Lehmann explores the global rise in political radicalisation among young women. Drawing on recent data, psychological research, and cultural trends, she examines how ideological movements, institutions, and technology are shaping a new form of gender polarisation. Far from the simplistic narratives of empowerment or oppression, this video presents a more complex—and urgent—story about identity, agency, and modern activism. VIDEO
The Changing Politics of Oligarchy

2 weeks ago | quillette.com | Joel Kotkin

In American politics, the main beneficiaries of “dark money” have in recent years tended to be Democrats. Google representatives were reported to have visited the White House at least 427 times during Barack Obama’s two terms. And in 2024, big spenders like Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman, Marc Benioff, Alex Soros, James Murdoch, Michael Bloomberg, and various donors from Wall Street helped Kamala Harris raise over US$1.5 billion for her campaign, the highest figure in history.
DEI’s Beleaguered True Believers, in Their Own Words

2 weeks ago | quillette.com | Jonathan Kay

On 19 March, it was announced that the ten-campus University of California (UC) system would no longer require academic job applicants to supply so-called “diversity statements”—documents testifying to one’s embrace of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as guiding professional values.
Spurious Research as Tendentious Propaganda

2 weeks ago | quillette.com | Oliver Kamm

A liberal society depends on its procedures as well as its institutions. Foremost among these is the error-correction mechanism of scientific method and critical inquiry. In his important book The Constitution of Knowledge, Jonathan Rauch identifies current threats to the pursuit of reliable knowledge.
Podcast #282: Canada’s Strange Election Season

2 weeks ago | quillette.com | Jonathan Kay

Welcome to the Quillette Podcast, which is usually hosted on alternate weeks by me, Jonathan Kay, and by Iona Italia. Quillette is where free thought lives. We are an independent, grassroots platform for heterodox ideas and fearless commentary. And this week, I’m going to be talking about the Canadian federal election, which will take place just days from now—on Monday April 28.
All Men Behaving Badly

3 weeks ago | quillette.com | Charlotte Allen

Anna Kendrick’s directorial debutWoman of the Hour premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2023 and was released by Netflix in October 2024. It ought to have been a compelling story—a fictionalised account of a real-life vetting snafu that allowed a serial killer named Rodney Alcala to be booked as a bachelor contestant on The Dating Game television show in 1978.
The Changing Politics of Oligarchy

3 weeks ago | quillette.com | Joel Kotkin

In American politics, the main beneficiaries of “dark money” have tended to be Democrats in recent years. Google representatives are reported to have visited the White House at least 427 times during Obama’s two terms. And in 2024, big spenders like Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman, Marc Benioff, Alex Soros, James Murdoch, Michael Bloomberg, and various donors from Wall Street helped Kamala Harris raise over US$1.5 billion for her campaign, the highest figure in history.
When Good Academics Do Bad Things

3 weeks ago | quillette.com | Jonathan Kay

What follows are notes from an 18 March 2025 speech delivered to the University of Western Ontario law-school chapter of the Runnymede Society, a membership-based organisation that promotes the rule of law, constitutionalism, and individual liberty. Since this is a law school and many of you are aspiring lawyers, I’d like to start by telling you a little bit about my brief and extremely unsuccessful legal career—which I think explains why I got into journalism.