What can Never Trump learn from the nineteenth century’s Free Soilers?
The pre-Civil War era contains plenty of lessons for contemporary politics
Will US Catholic bishops go for the sacramental jugular?
Joe Biden may be told he can no longer accept Holy Communion if he continues advocating for abortion
To govern is to blog
Abysmal media incompetence but something deeper is at work
Nomadland takes the hat-trick
From digital streaming to diversity, Christopher Silvester rounds up the longest ever awards season
Deviating definitions
Andrew Tettenborn says the trend of redefining certain terms not only hinders social communication but is also almost literally Orwellian
Disunited States
A third of Americans now support the splitting up of the nation into like-minded countries independent of Washington
The talk of the track
Nick Cohen compiles a phrase book for neophyte runners
No babies, no more Nazis
If we introduce selective breeding to weed out the problematic, there would be no more Nazis
Should the government launch a culture war?
Jeremy Black says that the question is not whether the Conservatives should initiate a culture war but how far and how best to conduct a defence
Invisible men
Black intellectuals who refuse to subscribe to the liberal consensus on race have been belittled, insulted and ignored by a predominantly white left wing elite
Tragedy of the little Darlings
The relationship between J.M. Barrie and the real life Peter Pan was fatherly, friendly and perhaps something else