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Easy Rider: 50 Years Looking for America—A Review Nov 13, 2025

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Easy Rider is an important movie—much more important than a simple measure of its quality would suggest—which is probably why the American Film Institute, among others, continues to rate it so highly.

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The Murder of Iryna Zarutska Nov 07, 2025

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⁠Jukka Savolainen⁠ 's article "The Murder of Iryna Zarutska — Why did this particular crime cut through the daily background noise of American violence?" on Quillette explores the reasons behind the heightened attention the murder of Iryna Zarutska received in conservative circles and the muted response from mainstream media. Iryna Zarutska, a young Ukrainian refugee, was killed in Charlotte, North Carolina, in a crime caught on CCTV, sparking outrage primarily among conservatives.

The article posits that this response is due to three interrelated concerns: media bias, urban disorder, and the victim's characteristics. It argues that mainstream media often report crimes through a racial lens that can distort public perception, amplifying cases where victims are from minority communities while neglecting others. The murder was seen as emblematic of urban disorder in the post-George Floyd era, highlighting issues of leniency and the decline in policing standards. Zarutska's story resonated because she was perceived as an innocent, industrious immigrant whose murder by a repeat offender epitomized a failure of the judicial and social system.

The article contrasts media and societal responses to different victim profiles based on ideological lines, highlighting differences in moral priorities between conservatives and progressives. It suggests that the coverage of Zarutska's murder exposes broader cultural divides, with conservatives emphasizing fairness and justice, while progressives focus more on care and liberation, often for marginalized groups.

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Charles Darwin: The Best Scientist-Writer of All Time Nov 06, 2025

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The Voyage of the Beagle is a literary masterpiece, as well as a scientific one.

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We Need to Talk About Trans-Identified Killers Nov 03, 2025

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The list of violent criminals who imagine they were ‘born in the wrong body’ is growing. By Forest Romm, Kevin Waldman

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Fleeing South Africa Oct 24, 2025

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The situation of South African “whites” is worse than Donald Trump's critics are willing to acknowledge.

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Two Hundred Years of Stendhal Oct 23, 2025

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2022 marked the bicentennial of the pseudonym’s transformation from literary dabbler into one of the greatest novelists of the modern age.

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Making Fiction Boring Oct 22, 2025

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The ideological capture of college writing programs has ushered in an age of didactic, anodyne, and tedious books.

By ⁠Adam Szetela⁠

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The Malpractice of Menopausal Medicine Reveals a Broken Medical System Oct 17, 2025

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Healthcare for menopause and perimenopause is the single most patient-betraying area of medicine—but it has plenty of company.

By Amy Alkon.

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Greta Thunberg’s Fifteen Minutes Oct 16, 2025

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The climate activist’s simplistic slogans and hectoring style proved effective when she was still a child. But now that she’s an adult, the act is losing its shine.

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Israel’s Hard-Won Victory Oct 16, 2025

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The Jewish state has secured its borders, recovered all living hostages, and put its enemies on notice as to what awaits them if they attempt a reprise of 7 October. By ⁠The Quillette Editorial Board⁠.

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