Libertarianism
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Just tax poor people
It is just that recipients of state benefits should pay more for them
Right-wingers must oppose envy itself
The moral premises of collectivism, and not just its consequences, should be resisted
British politicians are turning me into a libertarian
Their incompetence and presumptuousness is the best advert individualists have
I went to anti-woke Davos
The ARC of justice is long, and bends towards complacency
Who’s afraid of the 1950s?
Romanticism can be radical tool for positive change
Fashioning divinities
The false gods of Ayn Bland
Don’t let the bookies’ cry for freedom fool you
Desperate to win Conservative hearts and minds, the gambling industry is pulling the cheapest trick in the book
Remembering Brian Micklethwait
The man who made libertarianism fun
Reflections of a scientific humanist
Michael Shermer’s new book is a collection of skilful elucidations of academic ideas
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
Saint Sánchez?
How the Spanish Left uses the Right to hold power
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm