Before the current era
In a time of multiculturalism, mere words provoke apoplexy
Thinking on inking
An intellectual tries — and fails — to find deep philosophical justifications for the modern wave of tattooing
Lions led by donkeys
This tired cliché recently came to mind in a British hospital
French Fancies
Is the Navy really open to all?
Acronyms
Acronyms are one of the means by which bureaucracies hide or obfuscate what they do
On Lying
The line between dishonesty and stupidity can be difficult to spot
A correctional facility
Who, exactly, is being corrected by an execution?
World Class
On a phrase used by people with brains of tinsel
Graphs
By means of proper framing, graphs can lie like a parliamentary candidate
“Community”
Am I really part of the EasyJet community?
He’ll never let the old flag fall
Lee Anderson will never stand for insult, especially the insult of never being invited round for dinner
An array of civilised music
Walter Kaufmann: 3rd piano concerto, 3rd symphony &c. (CPO)
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
Dissent is not hatred
We must resist the idea that disagreement with modish beliefs is reducible to ill-feeling
Justin’s dilemma
Spears got slutshamed; Timberlake was the stud
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
Gorgeous George returns
George Galloway was delighted to be back — but was anyone delighted to see him?
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
Criminal damage remains criminal
A new judgment has challenged a convoluted legal defence of property damage
The hidden cost of pronoun politeness
Using untruthful pronouns is not the same as complimenting a bad haircut
