No, vaping is not as dangerous as smoking
There is no good evidence to support scaremongering
Nostalgia Inc.
We’re raking over the embers of twentieth century popular culture instead of making something original
Gambling is not the business of “public health professionals”
The concept of “public health” should apply to collective risks, not individual choices
The blind ideology of public health
Minimum pricing has failed, so why is it still promoted?
Special interests should pay their own way
The Brussels blob needs more accountability
Turning virtue into vice
Be wary of excitable claims about the cost of eating healthily
The zombie policies of public health
Whatever the evidence, public health officials will never admit to being wrong
The return of prohibition
In the USA, as in Britain, “public health” is coming for alcohol
The WASPI women should blame themselves
No injustice has been done to them
Why won’t Chris Whitty go away?
He lingers on — a slap-headed Rasputin whispering terrible ideas into the ears of our leaders
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals
No taxation on expatriation
With no navy and minimal evacuation efforts, the UK’s demand that citizens abroad pay up is ludicrous
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
The malignant mediocrity of managerialism
A country ruled by lawyers and HR managers will be culturally desiccated and politically sclerotic
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late