Why men still mourn SS Edmund Fitzgerald
It is an unproblematic tale of heroism and tragedy
Twilight of the Canadian boomer
Boomer Laurentianus is enjoying a long soak in managed decline
Donald Trump is nothing new
He combines the good, bad and ugly qualities of previous presidents
Assisted dying and the suicidal
The culture around assisted dying could aggravate the thoughts of the suicidal
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Nowhere left to go
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football