Joe Biden
Trump is losing. Last night’s ugly debate won’t change that
The president’s theatrics won’t persuade the voters he needs
What’s new for the presidential debates?
The Critic’s political and US editors discuss the upcoming presidential debates
Covid and stogies on the campaign trail
A trip through a swing state reveals the complex dynamics of a strangely disembodied presidential race
Letter from Washington: The perils of Flight 93 democracy
When politics is all-out war, everyone’s a loser
The normalisation of Trump
Due to the Democrats’ efforts to foster division, Trump still has a fighting chance
Would America be better with an NHS or Biden’s Medicaid plan?
Biden’s proposals will not lower the cost of American healthcare
Letter from Washington: Biden delivers
2020 isn’t 2016 and Joe Biden isn’t Hillary Clinton
Think Trump has transformed American politics? Think again
Joe Biden’s rise is a reminder that the way to win an election hasn’t changed
The vacuity of the Democratic National Convention
Biden’s cheerleaders prove there’s nothing to get excited about
Letter from Washington: Kamala Harris and the meaning of ‘moderate’
What the views of Biden’s VP pick say about America
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
Britons need real ownership, not feudal leaseholds
We should shake up an outdated and restrictive system that offers a simulation of property ownership
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
Have the police criminalised being “openly Jewish”?
It is unacceptable for the police to blame the victims of potential bigotry
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
We must escape Subtopia
As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on our urban and rural spaces
Why Britain needs more empty homes
The UK’s housing sector is straining at the seams; empty units and second houses are a sign of economic health
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
What does the Scottish Hate Crime and Public Order Act really say?
Misunderstandings are the fault of Police Scotland and government ministers
