Barometer
Game on A few things which are still going on, in spite of coronavirus: — Football in Belarus, where the…
I’m recovering – but I glimpsed the cliff edge
So I’ve had the virus. Or rather, I think I have. Ordinary mortals can no longer get tested by the…
Crisis management
When a major crisis strikes in the modern world, the state and international bodies such as the IMF and World…
Diary
Week five… which is to say I’ve been self-isolating in the country since 6 March. Meanwhile, engagements which threatened a…
Catch me if you can
NVK, which is the IATA (International Air Transport Association) code for Narvik’s old airport, is in this instance Naemi Vieno…
Dealing in death
John Troyer, the director of the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath, has moves. You can…
Wild life
Laikipia The sweetest sound to me now is the dawn chorus of birdsong at home on the farm. I lay…
A foul-weather family
Excess, incest and marital misery were in the blood. Frances Wilson uncovers several generations of infamous Byrons
to 2449: Stateless
The unclued lights, when preceded by a US state, form MISSISSIPPI 11, CALIFORNIA 22, VIRGINIA 27, HAWAII 37, RHODE ISLAND…
No, the coronavirus isn’t racist
It was just a matter of time before the coronavirus was leveraged as a tool of race politics. With the…
When will my father wake from his coronavirus delirium?
Spring is my father’s favourite season. After the wet and dark winter we’ve had I imagine it will be the…
Let’s dispel the myth that coronavirus victims were all at death’s door
There has been a bit of an unpleasant and inaccurate narrative over recent days that the majority of Covid-19 deaths…
French Hill: Congress should conduct ‘full oversight’ of WHO funding
Rep. French Hill is on board with President Trump’s threat to withhold funding from the World Health Organization because of…
Italy’s family unity could be its biggest weakness against coronavirus
Italy still currently has the highest reported fatality rate in the world, at 12.7 per cent. And that death toll…
There might be a way to avoid higher taxes after coronavirus. Here’s how
‘Let us never forget this fundamental truth: the state has no source of money other than money which people earn…
A hard Frexit needn’t be a disaster for France
With European solidarity impaled on the coronavirus epidemic, talk of Frexit is surfacing again. But how could Frexit be organised?…
We must ensure our liberties are returned as swiftly as they have been taken
On March 30, New South Wales went to bed in a liberal democracy and woke up in a police state…
The case for reopening the country now
More and more people, I suspect, are padding about muttering lines from Psalm 13: ‘How long, O Lord,…How long must I…
How Christ’s cruel death has a special resonance today
“Christianity is the only major religion to have as its central event the humiliation of its God.” That’s how the…
Boris Johnson moved out of intensive care
The Prime Minister has this evening been moved out of intensive care but remains in hospital. After being moved on…
Coronavirus must not rob us of our liberties forever
The American economist and historian Robert Higgs noted long ago that during the 20th century the various wars, and the…
Covid-19 update: Six coronavirus patients survive after placental cell therapy
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