American Dream
Justification by merit alone?
The American Dream is a national theology foundered on the rocks of race and meritocracy
Beast of Las Vegas
The first title in Yale University’s highly regarded “Jewish Lives” series to be devoted to a murderous scoundrel
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On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life