Our Shortsighted Addiction to Shaming and Schadenfreude
Living in a world where non-crimes have the same effect as true crimes is especially deranging.
Extinction Rebellion Targets London
After the age of monotheism we appear in the West at least to be entering an age of polytheism.
Michael Tippett’s ‘Timeless Music in Time’
Remembering the late composer’s achievement.
In Praise of Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding campaigns finally offer an answer to the mobs of our day.
The Lie of Portland’s Antifa
There was a time when “anti-fascist” meant what it said. People who opposed fascism called themselves “anti-fascists.” But then the term slipped. The definition of “fascist” became hazy from over-use ...
The Reality of Sweden’s Migration Problem
The scale of this assault is such that Neuding says that it is time for Swedes to admit that they have a national emergency on their hands.
Strange Claims about Britain’s European Elections
We have entered an era in which (to borrow a phrase from the Irish writer Kevin Myers) the truth becomes “whatever you’re having yourself.”
Australia’s Election Did Not Involve a ‘Populist Wave’
The term is merely a way to put scare-quotes around any electoral victory for a conservative.