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?
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
What do Labour think a conversion therapy is?
There has to be a middle ground between complete denial and complete affirmation
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
Violence is a feature of porn, not a bug
Aggression towards women permeates the most popular pornography
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
