David Polansky
David Polansky is a research fellow at the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy. He tweets at @polanskydj
Antisemitism and the discourse of privilege
Progressives hierarchies are not kind to liberal Jews
Against the hysterical consensus
The US has to confront its own global identity
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
Ireland’s forgotten wine history
Put down that pint glass and reach for a bottle
Mental illness is more complex than we think
There are no easy answers when it comes to mental health
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house