John Keown
John Keown is Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington DC
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
The Sturgeon delusion
How the former SNP leader inspired hope and then squandered it
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
Anti-industrial strategy
Manufacturing has been systematically devastated by successive governments
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
Tough on the causes of non-crime
A warm welcome back to non-crime hate incidents