The Critic

13 years of missed chances, bungled crises and miserable inaction

Housing, festivals, intellectuals and X

The Conservative Party leader’s mantra “Canada is broken” resonates with voters appalled by the gap between their country’s promise and grim reality

We are going to need skilled workers, factories and a resilient and self-sufficient economy

Can academia still support meaningful intellectual life?

Anglo-Saxons, Clement Attlee and love for our mascot

The philosopher charged with defending campus free speech is robustly independent, happy to take on vested interests — and not easily pigeonholed

The integrity of the democratic process has been fatally undermined by machine politics and diversity quotas

Self-defeating Unionists, abused animals, suffering centrists and overlooked antipodeans