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
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
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors