John Misty
Play Misty for me
Father John Misty has faked his way into a kind of blazing honesty
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Surrogacy is not a human right
Noble principles are being twisted to prop up an exploitative ideology
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
On a winning streak
Eventually streaks end, but it does not have to be The End
The sickness of Sickfluencers
Social media and AI are enabling the exploitation of our benefits system
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
The great creative course illusion
How universities mistook access to courses for access to creative life
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid