Joe Biden
Afghanistan outsourced
Does Biden’s withdrawal include the thousands of mercenaries keeping it going?
Letter from Washington: Biden ends America’s longest war
Oliver Wiseman on the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan this week
Is America really back?
Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan shows a reluctance to do things that are hard and necessary
Letter from Washington: The meaning of Bidenomics
How revolutionary is the president’s economic agenda?
Letter from Washington: Lucky Joe
The surprising continuity of America’s Covid response undermines Biden’s central boast
Cancel culture comes for Dr Seuss
Is the Democratic Party under Joe Biden becoming the party of banning books?
The problem with American isolationism
Despite the histrionics of domestic American opinion, a single rocket attack in Syria does not indicate that Biden’s foreign policy is likely to be more aggressive
Letter from Washington: Democrats and the f-word
Is scrapping the filibuster really in Democrats’ best interests?
Letter from Washington: Biden’s biggest problem
Immigration is a fraught issue for the president
Letter from Washington: Biden’s classroom conundrum
The president is struggling to make, let alone keep, his school reopening promise
A festival for women — and men?
You cannot address the underrepresentation of women by including men
Smartphones are not the source of all social ills
Phones and social media are easy scapegoats for our all too human follies
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
The dangerous excesses of breaking boundaries
There is a double standard on trans people and violence
Parents are being hypocritical about smartphones
Yes, kids use their phones too much, but what about adults?
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
Jamie Tradescant: highbrow sports journalist
Jamie’s articles are not simply a riot of historical and philosophical allusions — no, they are all about style
Criminal damage remains criminal
A new judgment has challenged a convoluted legal defence of property damage
Ukraine can still triumph
It needs, and deserves, Western patience and solidarity
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
Clerical error
Clergy should be in the business of saving souls, not stamping passports
