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The stalemate on illegal immigration
Few moments are less promising to reach a bipartisan deal than the months before a presidential election. And few issues…
The renewables bubble has burst
It wasn’t so long ago that Orsted was being held up as an example of how oil and gas companies…
Why is President Biden scared of Iran?
The Biden administration often appears more afraid of Iran than Iran is of the Biden administration. That is a very…
Is diversity actually good for business?
It is a sacred mantra of the business circuit that diverse boards improve company performance. It has apparently been proven…
Russia’s ‘Red Ripper’ Andrei Chikatilo was a uniquely Soviet serial killer
In the wake of Vladimir Putin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, as atrocities like the killings at Bucha and Irpin came…
‘Mm, uh huh, yeah’: Tucker Carlson and journalism’s therapeutic turn
Could the subject of the Sudetenland have been resolved more satisfactorily if Adolf Hitler had been given a more open…
How the Chinese markets lost faith in the CCP
Ahead of the Chinese new year holiday, Beijing has been intervening to prop up the country’s stock markets. Regulators have…
The left can’t stand France’s new culture minister
France’s new minister of culture has promised to put an end to the creeping cancel culture that is threatening the…
Rishi Sunak’s week of howlers has exposed his big weakness
It is quite some achievement to launch an attack on Keir Starmer’s contortions over trans rights versus women’s rights and…
Germany’s rustbelt is reviving – but voters are still flocking to the AfD
West Germany’s first chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, hated eastern Germany and said – possibly apocryphally – that Asia begins at the…
Canterbury Cathedral’s ‘rave in the nave’ is indefensible
It’s too late to get tickets for Canterbury Cathedral’s silent disco tonight – as with last night’s event, they sold…
Democrats face a self-reinforcing 2024 nightmare
Yesterday was a year’s worth of a rising wave that came crashing down on Democratic hopes for 2024. They had…
Joe Biden isn’t working
Joe Biden isn’t working. That much has been clear to anyone who has followed American politics for the past four…
What Tucker Carlson should have asked Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin relished being interviewed by American journalist Tucker Carlson, who doesn’t seem to know much about Russia, Ukraine or…
Tucker Carlson failed Putin’s history class
They say that he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon. But, driven by vanity and unconstrained…
Taylor Swift can’t save the EU
The EU hopes that Taylor Swift and other pop starlets will come to its rescue in June’s European elections. With…
Piers Morgan pulls show from TalkTV
Another twist in the ongoing TV wars. After nearly two years of competing with GB News, TalkTV’s biggest star last…
Biden branded ‘well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory’
Special Counsel Robert K. Hur submitted his report on the confidential documents found in President Biden’s Delaware garage — and…
Nobody can stop Vladimir Putin… from talking
The trouble with ageing authoritarians is not necessarily that nobody dares tell them they are wrong. It’s that nobody ever…
Prince William should say no to a Royal reconciliation with Prince Harry
Might the King’s cancer diagnosis lead the Royals to put aside the squabbles that have torn the family apart and…
A car-crash clean-up press conference Biden will hope to forget
President Joe Biden surprised the American people Thursday night by delivering previously unscheduled remarks on his classified documents scandal —…
Robert Hur’s brutal report should mark the beginning of the end of the Biden era
Special Counsel Robert Hur predictably concluded that President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents when he was a senator and…
Who’s to blame for Labour’s green U-turn?
Who to blame for the demise of Labour’s £28 billion annual green investment pledge? According to Keir Starmer, it’s the…
Women watched the NFL before Taylor Swift’s WAG era
I was standing in the beer line with a group of Pittsburgh Steelers fans midway through their home game against…
Zelensky has sacked a Ukrainian hero
If you have to ask Ukrainians to name the biggest hero of the past two years, most would probably say…
