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Joe Biden got the reception he deserved at his State of the Union speech
At first, it sounded like Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address was going to be another snoozer. Out…
GOP congressman scoffs at complaints about ‘lack of decorum’
Newly elected GOP congressman Andy Ogles said that President Joe Biden shouldn’t have been surprised to receive jeers when he…
Ben Carson: Biden ‘demonized’ Republicans in his State of the Union
Dr. Ben Carson said that President Joe Biden attempted to “demonize” Republicans during his State of the Union address Tuesday night.…
Trump is wrong that the US should negotiate peace in Ukraine
The GOP’s foreign policy doves and soft isolationists have grown stronger, with 40 percent of “Republican and Republican-leaning independents” saying…
Four things we learnt from Richard Sharp’s BBC grilling
This morning Richard Sharp, the BBC’s Chairman, appeared before the Culture select committee of MPs. It was a difficult session…
Why central bank digital currencies are terrible
The government and Bank of England seem to have finally woken up to one of the many glaring problems with…
The sinister celebrification of Shamima Begum
So is Shamima Begum a celebrity now? She was splashed on the front page of the Times’ Magazine over the…
Putin’s real threat comes from Russia’s ‘turbo-patriots’
Does Vladimir Putin face a challenge, not from cuddly, West-looking liberals, but from even sharper-toothed nationalists? Certainly this is suddenly…
Britain is the sick man of Europe – again
Liz Truss’s recent written confession is remarkable for its childlike air. It reminded me of my buck-passing wheedling whenever I…
Where are the rescuers? Turkey’s earthquake death toll rises above 4,000
Turkey is reeling after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed more than 2,900 people and left hundreds more injured. More…
The Doomsday Clock has been corrupted by ideology
Ever since I can remember, I have always been aware of something called the “Doomsday Clock,” a symbolized calculation produced…
Ann Coulter: twenty-five years on from the Clinton impeachment
Happy twenty-fifth anniversary of the greatest headline in world history! DRUDGE REPORT NEWSWEEK KILLS STORY ON WHITE HOUSE INTERN BLOCKBUSTER REPORT: 23-YEAR…
Former defense secretary: yes, Trump would have shot down the Chinese spy balloon
Former acting secretary of defense Christopher Miller challenged several of the major claims being made about the Chinese spy ballon…
What Liz Truss gets right (and wrong)
After three months of silence, Liz Truss has spoken out – first in a 4,000-word article for the Telegraph and…
So we’re canceling AI for being transphobic now
With the dramatic expansion of artificial intelligence-generated text, the speed and frequency of the internet’s milkshake-ducking has become all the…
Liz Truss: The interview
What went wrong for Liz Truss? In her first interview since leaving 10 Downing Street she talks to Spectator TV…
Going native: is ancestral eating the answer to our dietary woes?
The question of what to eat has plagued Americans since the first conquistadors hit the shores and started rounding up…
Prince Harry will regret invading his privacy with his ‘Spare’ sex scene
What a pity that memoirs don’t qualify for the Bad Sex in Literature prize. If they did, the description of…
Rishi Sunak is right to challenge Europe’s human rights treaty
Rishi Sunak senses, rightly, that tough talk on the Channel migrant issue will go down well in both middle England…
Syria might never recover from the devastation of this earthquake
Natural disaster always worst affects those who have already lost so much. And so it is in Turkey and Syria,…
Kamala Harris’s top ten word salads
No assessment of Vice President Kamala Harris’s first two years in office would be complete without her word salads and…
Liz Truss, Brexit and the petulant anger at reality
The time it takes to mount a political comeback gets shorter and shorter, doesn’t it? The last prime minister but…
Poll: public want a ‘modest’ coronation
Strikes. Inflation. Political instability. It’s been a pretty miserable few months in Britain – but some in government are hoping…
Should it be illegal to ‘influence’ a woman seeking an abortion?
Law-making is a funny old business. My move from commentator to legislator has brought with it some poacher-turned-gamekeeper quandaries. While…
Trussonomics is slowly winning the argument
It was self-indulgent, whinging. Dull in places while completely batty in others. All the usual insults will be hurled at…
