The triumph of Brexitball
A ball over the top. A big center-forward muscles the center-back out of the way and then fires past the goalkeeper. It happened to be Sunday, and Manchester City’s 1-0…
Why Human Design is perfect for our age
One of the basic tenets of religious scholarship is that religions reflect the society that created them. In The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, the German social theorist…
Don’t mention the old World Wars
Any pressure on Kiev to make a deal with Moscow is tantamount to “appeasement,” according to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who tweeted as much on Sunday. The “appeasement” stick…
The new epidemic of black youth violence
Last summer, Chicago’s progressive Mayor Brandon Johnson used his first veto to kill an ordinance passed by the city council that would have given police authority to impose last-minute “snap”…
What young Republicans are telling us
Last week, Politico reported on a 2,900-page document-dump of chats among young Republican leaders in several states. It turned up shocking use of N-words and rape jokes and gleeful gas-chamber…
Invasion of the literary bots
Jamir Nazir, Sharon Aruparayil, John Edward DeMicoli, and Holly Ann Miller are all heroes. Don’t misunderstand me too quickly. Read more The futility of retiree protests On May 15, the…
The futility of retiree protests
When I moved to Moscow in early 1997, Russia was still in the high days of gangster capitalism. The country had been pillaged by a corrupt elite, living standards had…
On Bonnie Blue and Roger Scruton
This article was first published on 29 July 2025. *** Variety is the spice of life and all that. Last Thursday I was at Channel 4, attending the premiere of…
How (not) to launch a Labour coup
Successful democratic coups are strange things. They must appear both ruthless and constitutional at once. Too much brutality and the plotters look unhinged. Too much procedural delicacy and the leader…
Looksmaxxing is the new trans
On Christmas Eve, the 20-year-old “looksmaxxing” internet personality Clavicular ran over a man with his Cybertruck. The viral stream shows an individual, purportedly a stalker, agitating at the car’s windshield;…