Aristotle
Morals before wealth
250 years after Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations, an earlier work remains the key to understanding it.
Why Aristotle was right about causation
The Michael Dummett vs Antony Flew debate: What comes first, the cause or the effect?
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The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
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How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
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a fairer way out of a
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I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things