Keir Starmer’s lethal legacy
A friend tells a blood-curdling anecdote about visiting Moscow for work, in that End of History interregnum, when the West still did business with the…
Can Modi crush the cockroaches?
Once again, the young in India are misguided. Every generation, it seems, must discover afresh that it has been hoodwinked by the ruling class, and, in response, throw itself into…
Why Gen Z is obsessed with horror
It’s often observed that horror films are a good barometer of pressing cultural anxieties. If so, the weather doesn’t look very good for social interaction right now. Backrooms has just…
Henry Nowak and the return of clan justice
On 1 June 2026, shortly after the sentencing of Henry Nowak’s murderer, the man who is touted to be our next prime minister put out a statement: “Today’s revelations will…
Land of milk and silicon
For much of the past century, the dominant theory of modernization held that as societies grew wealthier, they would inevitably become less religious. Industrialization would weaken traditional authority, urbanization would…
Dems are losing a winnable election
Just five months until the 2026 midterm elections, the political conditions strongly favor Democrats. President Trump remains deeply unpopular, with a 37% approval rating and a 60% disapproval rating, matching…
Why are Americans so paranoid?
You know about the Shadow Government, right? No? Well, you should. Ever since President Bush carried out his controlled detonation of the World Trade Center in 2001, an invisible protocol…
The Right-wing case for wealth tax
In the near future, possibly before the end of the year, Elon Musk will become the first trillionaire in history. According to Forbes, Musk’s fortune already exceeds $500 billion, more…
Make Soho seedy again
Maybe, it’s because I live in the very eye of the storm that I haven’t been noticing, until reading about it in the papers, that Soho’s business owners are at…
Henry Nowak’s death shames Britain
With the murder of Henry Nowak, the British state, in its current debased form, claimed yet another victim. Like the victims of the deranged killers Valdo Calocane and Axel Rudakubana,…
Israel can’t kill the Hezbollah hydra
For 900 years, Beaufort Castle has dominated the villages and olive groves of South Lebanon. Yet even before its recent capture by the IDF, this crusader stronghold was far more…