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**Quillette Narrated**

Narrated versions of selected Quillette essays.

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Trump and the DEI Counter-Revolution by Thomas F. Powers Feb 18, 2025

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Civil-rights law made the DEI world; civil-rights reform can unmake it.

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Universities Are Worth Saving by Jonathan Rauch Feb 18, 2025

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Those seeking to address the crisis on America’s campuses should resist the tendency toward nihilism—the temptation to conclude that we need to just (metaphorically) burn it all down.

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'The Language of Sex' by Marilyn Simon Feb 17, 2025

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While we fuss over definitions and pontificate on freedoms, sex and lust and desire and passion and bodies coming together, remain largely undomesticated.

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'Apostles of Appeasement' by Oscar Clarke Feb 14, 2025

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A short history of phoney peace groups and their fellow travellers.

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Why There Will Not Be a Beige Future by Razib Khan Feb 11, 2025

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Skin colour, genetics, race, and racism.

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The 100 Million Killed Under Communist Regimes Matter by Razib Khan Feb 11, 2025

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The death toll under Communist regimes is of incredible magnitude. Yet whenever I attack Communism for being an evil ideology, I get a serious number of rebuttals.

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'Trump and the Academic Cocoon' by Heather Mac Donald Feb 10, 2025

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A New York Times op-ed by a Yale historian tries to see universities from the vantage point of an outsider. Instead, it unwittingly illustrates why universities will not self-correct without external intervention.

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'The Weak Horse' by Brian Stewart Feb 10, 2025

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Syria’s crisis demonstrates the importance of power.

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'Anti-Zionism’s German Roots' by Gerfried Ambrosch Feb 10, 2025

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While Islam traditionally treated Jews with contempt, antisemitic conspiracy theories imported from Germany escalated this animosity by vilifying Jews as agents of diabolical evil.

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'Embracing the Passion and Perfection of Chess' by Iona Italia Feb 10, 2025

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While claims of skill transfer may be overblown, there is still benefit to be had in the tiny, claustrophobic world of the game.

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