Compassion
Caution is killing compassion
If we go looking for problematic speech, we’ll probably find it
The happy-clappy compassion mask
Ewa and Mateusz Dymek say cruelty is being masked by compassion
Killing with kindness
“Be kind” culture has abandoned adolescent girls
Religious freedom is back on the agenda
The International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill, currently before parliament, is an important step for securing Britain’s role in promoting religious liberty
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
The joy of pets
Pet ownership is one of life’s simple pleasures, but it also lifts the soul
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
Gorgeous George returns
George Galloway was delighted to be back — but was anyone delighted to see him?
Cricket’s triple threat
Some have the granddaddy knack
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm
Communitarianism hits the ballot box
The local elections provided a glimpse of a future where voting is divided by ethnicity
Britain was not built on slavery and imperialism
At least in its current, extreme interpretation, the Williams Thesis is almost certainly false
A new low in anti-vape scaremongering
There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers
