Benedikt Koehler
Dr Benedikt Koehler is an Economics of Religion Fellow at the IEA
The original error of educationalists
Universities are not teaching students to be able to think for themselves
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
The stultification of the liberal mind
Ed Davey’s anti-political campaign is darker than it looks
Save yourselves
We should not underestimate the deep seriousness of sex
Of course the culture wars matter
It is people who trivialise them who are not taking politics seriously
Are the grown ups really back in charge?
Centrist commentators are wallowing in limp clichés instead of asking serious questions about policy
Against beautiful losers
We must lose our attachment to the good-natured failure
Planning for success
Even with its huge majority, Labour has a finite amount of political capital. It should spend a great deal of it on planning reform
Steering clear of titfer tat
We now are seeing the first flowering of a head-dress renaissance
PMQs of the Apes
You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
British politics is Gething worse and worse
Identity is being prioritised over competence and ambition
Setting ourselves on fire
Multiculturalism has created fractured communities where nobody cares