The four seeds of our problem
Postmodern Woke philosophy does not advocate a substitute morality that one might have the option to endorse or reject; indeed,…
Anthony Albanese, cosplayer
Imagine my delight, in opening up a recent Catholic Weekly, only to find TIA (The Inevitable Albo) on the front page.…
Loopy Labor’s disconnect from reality
The Labor government’s Closing Loopholes Bill is the latest blow to reality and the business economy, but its ‘Right to…
Why banning phones in schools won’t work
Breaking news: schools have finally been given guidance on stopping kids from using mobile phones during the school day, three years after…
The Covid resistance deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
Alfred Nobel’s will (excerpt) (Paris, 27 November 1895) stipulates that the Peace Prize is to be awarded: …to the person who…
Why Denmark is sending all its artillery to Ukraine
The Munich Security Conference has been nicknamed the ‘Davos of defence’. Every year, politicians, security analysts, military leaders and campaigners…
How identity politics infiltrated the judiciary
The ‘paraglider girls’ ruling last week has thrown long-standing questions about judicial impartiality in Britain into sharp relief. On Tuesday, three…
Michael Gove’s holiday let crackdown could trash the tourist industry
Just why did Michael Gove campaign for Brexit? I thought he was selling us a future with a more entrepreneurial…
‘Putin killed my husband’: Navalny’s wife vows to fight on
Three days on from his death, the widow of Alexei Navalny today vowed to continue the work of her husband…
The welcome demise of the smug shop
Though I believe that people who use the phrase ‘retail therapy’ should probably have their voting rights removed, I do like shops…
The key difference between Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Putin
Following Alexei Navalny’s suspicious ‘sudden death’ in an Arctic prison camp last Friday, two scenes immediately come to mind featuring…
What did David Cameron expect when he lectured the Americans?
Lord Cameron, bless him, is back striding the world stage. He wrote an article last week in Washington’s inside-beltway website…
Take the lollies away: defund UNRWA
A few weeks back, I observed a pretty sad scene down at the local shops. A mother was holding out…
Living in hope for peace
Why is there no peace in the Middle East? Why is there no progress towards the two-state solution, the ‘obvious’…
The solution to our government-induced malaise
Studying last month’s Davos meeting of the world’s (largely self-appointed) elites, Walter Russell Mead sees an inflection point. He says that when…
Alexandra Marshall Live S2E3: John Roskam on the Magna Carta, a tax revolt that gave us liberty!
Can tax reform set us free? Former Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and now Senior Fellow, John…
Sunday round-up:‘Lay the blame at the door of Putin’ for Navalny death
Speaking to Trevor Phillips on Sky News this morning, Illegal Migration Minister Michael Tomlinson joined the foreign secretary in stating…
Pakistani democracy is on the brink
A senior official in Pakistan has publicly confessed to vote-rigging in the country’s general election earlier this month. It is…
How Iran radicalised Yemen’s most tolerant tribe
My family left Yemen for Israel in 1935, at a time when tens of thousands of Jews were still living…
Britain’s Jews aren’t safe
The explosion of hatred and extremism prompted by the October 7 massacre was never going to limit itself to the…
Solar ain’t gonna save us
Regardless of what I want, my phone keeps an eye out for trending stories in the world of Renewable energy.…
Did lockdowns cause more harm than good?
The question of whether lockdowns caused more problems than they solved will be picked over for years to come, even…
The torment of British Jews
When I was a child, learning about the Holocaust, I used to believe that what happened to the Jews in…
The Ada Lovelace myth
Lord Byron’s daughter Lady Ada Lovelace is almost as famous now as her father. An entire industry has sprung up…
