Journalism
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
