Freedom IndexDebates
Debates showcases discussions and arguments around controversial issues in free speech and censorship. From academic debates to public discourse, this category highlights contrasting perspectives on where to draw the line between expression, safety, and regulation.
This week on the Quillette podcast, I’ll be speaking with Ashley Rubin, a professor at the University of Hawaii, and…
Note: the following review contains plot spoilers.In the opening lines of his poem Ithaka, Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933), the second-most…
Like others who have spent years reading, re-reading, studying, teaching, and being entranced by the Homeric epics, I looked forward…
Earlier this month, the Federal Court of Australia dismissed claims brought by the concert pianist Jayson Gillham against the Melbourne…
A review of A Billion Years of Sex Differences: How Evolution Shaped the Minds of Men and Women by Steve…
There is plenty to criticise about the pro-Palestine movement: its ahistorical myths, its abuse of definitions, its clownish purity tests,…
A curious paradox sits at the heart of many advanced economies. Employers complain constantly about labour shortages. Governments respond by…
What follows is the thirtieth instalment of The Nations of Canada, a serialised Quillette project adapted from Greg Koabel’s ongoing…
The United States and Iran appear to be on the brink of renewing full-scale warfare, following a week of limited…
Podcast Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Debra Soh, author of ‘Sextinction: The Decline of Sex and the Future…
A review of Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence in America by Noah Rothman; 368 pages; Center Street…
Three thousand years ago, Homer gave us the face that launched a thousand ships. This weekend, Christopher Nolan gave us…