Conspiracies
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
The right has a conspiracy problem
Conspiracies exist — but the temptation to use them as an all-purpose explanation is wrongheaded
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unconquered by a
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area