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The Greatest Tradition of All

Apart from the Declaration and Constitution, there is perhaps no more essentially American document than Thomas Paine’s revolutionary pamphlet ‘Common Sense.’

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Jefferson and the Source of Human Rights

To understand the intent of the US Declaration of Independence, recall that its primary author was a deist rather than a Christian.

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Promises Made and (Eventually) Kept

The Declaration of Independence at 250.

A review of The Promise of America: Reflections on Our Enduring Ideals by various authors; 208 pages; Simon & Schuster (May 2026)

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The Truth Does Not Belong to Eight Billion People

Total disclosure, as Spielberg imagines it, is a beautiful thing to watch. It is also a fantasy.

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Abolish Everything, Replace It With What?

Zohran Mamdani's allies want to abolish the police, prisons, borders, and capitalism. None of them have said what comes next.

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  • Quillette

    Welcome to Quillette's Substack. Here you'll find selections from our articles and updates from our editors. Each post brings Quillette's unique offerings to your inbox.

  • Jonathan Kay

    Toronto-based Quillette editor, writer & podcast host. Book author & ghostwriter. Boardgames & disc golf. Hair-care expert. Proud Canadian. Lapsed Jew. Quick-service dining enthusiast.

  • Iona Italia

    Dancer, doglover, memoirist, swimmer.

  • Steve Salerno

    Essayist: Harper's, NYTM, Quillette, WSJ, ArcDigital. Fastball hitter. Jazz guy. Honored as UNLV Faculty-of-Year 2020. I go to "don't go there”—in class & life

  • John Aziz

    British-Palestinian writer. Focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but also dipping toes into history, economics, futurism, statistics, technology, etc.

  • Brian Stewart

    A political writer in New York. Defending the American system at home and the liberal order abroad.

  • Claire Lehmann

    \ud83c\udf0a Sydneysider \ud83d\ude80 founded Quillette, writes for The Australian and The Dispatch

  • Aaron Sarin

    Writer on Chinese politics and society. Essays at Quillette, Persuasion, Merion West, Seceder, Areo, Culturico. Twitter: aaron_sarin

  • Maarten Boudry

    Philosopher and independent scholar writing on human progress and human (ir)rationality. Author of The Betrayal of Enlightenment, forthcoming from Pitchstone Publishing.

  • Benny Morris

    I am an Israeli historian. Most of my books have dealt with the Israeli-Arab conflict but I have also published books on European and Turkish history.

  • Adam Wakeling

    Australian writer and historian, author of Stern Justice: The Forgotten Story of Australia, Japan, and the Pacific War Crimes Trials, and Why the Enlightenment Matters: The Shift in Our Thinking that Made the Modern World.

  • Jon Entine

    Lifelong journalist. Network TV news producer. Founder of the Science Literacy Project (aka Genetic Literacy Project).

  • Eric Bordenkircher

    Academic. Policy world. Conservative. Catholic.

  • Chama Mechtaly

    I write from the intersection of culture, policy, identity, and conflict—rooted in a Muslim-Jewish lineage and a lifelong commitment to a New Middle East.\ud83d\uddfd\ud83c\udf1e\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea #AbrahamAccordsEvangelist

  • Julia Friedman

    Julia Friedman is a Russian-born art historian, writer and curator. www.juliafriedman.org

  • Patrick Whittle

    I'm a freelance writer with an interest in ethics, politics and evolutionary biology - and anything else that captures my attention.

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