Michael Taube
Michael Taube is a columnist for the National Post and was a speechwriter for former Canadian PM Stephen Harper. He tweets at @michaeltaube
The republican “we”
The fascinating history of the American experiment by a pair of prominent historians and brilliant storytellers
Finding faith
Peterson spends great time and care examining a cornucopia of Biblical stories
Confessions of a left-wing Pope
Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis with Fabio Marchese Ragona
Bastards of the fleet
David Grann writes the definitive tale of the Wager’s descent into madness
Corto Maltese – graphic novels on a higher plane
The faithful translation of Hugo Pratt’s graphic novels introduces his hero to the wider audience he deserves
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
Nonsense and neurodivergence
The Church of England is confusing irrationality with inclusivity
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
