Authoritarianism
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
Free speech for everyone, except …
We have to stop compromising our defence of free speech whenever it is convenient
Keep the cops out of our minds
Silent thoughts should never be prohibited
Britain’s arbitrary authoritarianism
Recent prosecutions over speech should concern us all
Liberalism is on trial in Europe
Päivi Räsänen is on trial for her Christian beliefs
The worm in tech
Technology can magnify the effects of human evil
Stop policing prayer
Do the police not have better things to do than persecuting silent Christians?
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Into the setting sun…
Next summer, head west to Pembrokeshire
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Italy is right to extend its ban on surrogacy
It is good for women and it is good for children
Trump’s Bitcoin Boom
The UK should clarify its stance on the leading cryptocurrency sooner rather than later
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
Enjoy some old Baileys
Few literary activities could give quite so much pleasure as reading the work of this brilliant but overlooked novelist
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
