Irwin Stelzer
Irwin Stelzer is a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and US economic and business columnist for The Sunday Times. He has been director of the Energy and Environmental Policy Center at Harvard University’s Kennedy School and founded National Economic Research Associates, Inc
The leftist who saved Britain
Both Blair and Biden ceded power to left wing rivals; only one was a success…
It’s not easy being green…
A border tax on carbon emissions would encourage the markets to solve our green problems
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
