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
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
