How Britain became Zombieland
Cordyceps unilateralis, colloquially known as the “zombie ant fungus”, is an organism straight out of a horror story. A native of tropical rainforests, the fungus emits spores that attach themselves…
The dangers of devolution
The political temperaments of Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham couldn’t be more different. While the current prime minister is a sober, plodding proceduralist, whose worldview has been forged by decades…
American democracy was born in feudal Europe
If there is a foundational dogma to America’s civic religion, it is that the United States is an exceptional country. The reason we emerged as the world’s first modern democracy,…
The dangers of devolution
The political temperaments of Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham couldn’t be more different. While the current prime minister is a sober, plodding proceduralist, whose worldview has been forged by decades…
Ariana Grande and the eating-disorder internet
All around us, famous women are shrinking. The age of GLP-1s — or “lifestyle changes”, as PR people call them — has taken out a league of formerly large ladies.…
How socialist transplants ruined my New York
Growing up in the Ridgewood neighborhood of Queens, I avoided talking about where I lived. In high school, I said Flushing, the nearest neighborhood anyone knew. At work, I said…
Does Manchesterism need Miliband?
Last I checked, Ed Miliband was not the kind of politician to show a fondness for sunglasses, army epaulets and armored cars; yet this was the image Kemi Badenoch attempted…
Do violent incels dream of orgies in the sky?
Last week in Montreal, a 25-year-old man allegedly attempted to assassinate the CEO of PornHub for ruining his life by preventing him from finding a girlfriend. The shooter, Seth Scott…
What Burnham shares with Farage
What can be said of British politics over the 10 years precisely separating Brexit and Burnham’s Makerfield ascension? It has been, for those wishing reform of Britain’s sclerotic and increasingly…
How America went awry
Over recent years, few writers have been quoted as incessantly as Hannah Arendt. Or rather misquoted — for though Donald Trump’s first presidential win catapulted Arendt’s 1951 book on totalitarianism…