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Quillette has 55.1% among publications. BS Score: 2.3%. Articles analyzed: 8. Words analyzed: 34,861.
Quillette - By Matt Johnson - 7/2/2026, 10:27 PM
Negativity Bias 17.1% - False Dilemma 17% - Biased Writer Voice 14.8%
Americans are presently engaged in a bitter fight over their national identity. Liberals argue that America is an idea, a national project to more fully realise the universal rights instantiated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Critics of this view on the MAGA Right argue that America must have certain narrowly... more
Quillette - By Coel Hellier - 7/2/2026, 12:30 PM
In-Group Bias 35.8% - Hasty Generalization 19.8% - Overconfidence Bias 16%
Anticipating the 250th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence, speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson recalled: “We boldly proclaimed the self-evident truth that our rights do not come from government, they come from God Himself.” In 2018, President Trump likewise declared: “Our rights are not given to us by... more
Quillette - By Michael M. Rosen - 7/1/2026, 6:00 PM
Appeal to Authority 29.6% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 15.5% - Biased Writer Voice 14.1%
A review of The Promise of America: Reflections on Our Enduring Ideals by various authors; 208 pages; Simon & Schuster (May 2026) As the semiquincentennial of the American founding neared, a number of excellent books on the watershed events of 1776 were loosed upon the world. Titles like Michael Auslin’s National Treasure: How the... more
Quillette - By John Aziz - 7/1/2026, 3:09 AM
Negativity Bias 19.7% - Biased Writer Voice 17.2% - Straw Man 10.4%
Imagine a city where racism doesn't exist. There is no social hierarchy. It is a utopia of equality and diversity—the kind of place that exists once the old order has finally been swept away. This is the premise of N.K. Jemisin's short story “The Ones Who Stay and Fight.” The narrator dares the reader to believe such a place could exist.... more
Quillette - By Jonathan Kay - 6/29/2026, 11:00 PM
Biased Writer Voice 42.4% - Negativity Bias 33.6% - Appeal to Authority 14.3%
On May 12, I published a Quillette essay criticizing the Canadian Paediatric Society’s ongoing advocacy of “gender-affirming care” for transgender-identified minors. The practice of gender-affirming care, sometimes referred to as GAC, is based on the principle that health professionals should uncritically accept the claimed gender... more
Quillette - By Quillette - 6/27/2026, 2:17 AM
Biased Writer Voice 40.6% - Negativity Bias 10% - Halo Effect 6.5%
A reply to Jonathan Kay’s “How About We Just Play Baseball?” Your premise about the Giants players just wearing the regular cap and not writing on the rainbow cap is right. Complaining about the need for uniformity for the sake of togetherness and team is not. Players get to wear different colored cleats and use various colored and... more
Quillette - By Brian Stewart - 6/24/2026, 1:33 AM
Biased Writer Voice 63.1% - Negativity Bias 50.3% - Appeal to Emotion 20.8%
The latest and most fearsome round of fighting in the long shadow war with the Islamic Republic of Iran is not ending well for the United States and Israel. The ceasefire agreement signed by President Trump in Versailles on 17 June is not a full peace treaty, but Iran’s leaders have nonetheless greeted it as an unalloyed triumph. They... more
Quillette - By Jonathan Kay - 6/24/2026, 12:36 AM
Biased Writer Voice 56.1% - Negativity Bias 40.4% - Hasty Generalization 33.9%
Today is one of those days when I'm going to be turning the mic around and taking on the role of guest instead of host. The background here is that last month I was interviewed by Mia Hughes and Stella O'Malley of the Beyond Gender podcast, and with their permission, I've adapted some of the material from that lengthy episode for... more
Quillette - By Benny Morris - 6/19/2026, 12:53 PM
Biased Writer Voice 70.1% - Negativity Bias 48.6% - Confirmation Bias 28.8%
Since 28 February, the American and Israeli air forces have killed key leaders of Iran’s regime, levelled its military-industrial complex, and badly mauled its armed forces. But in the battle of wills between Trump and the rulers in Tehran, the Iranians have won a clear victory. This victory is embodied in the Memorandum of Understanding... more
Quillette - By Zoe Sankey - 6/19/2026, 6:07 AM
Appeal to Authority 58.1% - Biased Writer Voice 57.6% - Framing Effect 32.6%
What does it mean for a civilisation to turn against itself? In this episode, *Quillette*'s Zoe Sankey speaks with philosopher and author Benedict Beckeld — whose 2019 *Quillette* essay on oikophobia remains one of our site's most popular pieces — about the recurring historical phenomenon he has spent his career documenting: the tendency... more