NATO
The paper tiger and the Russian bear
NATO’s naive and supine response will not drive Putin’s army from Ukraine and emboldens Moscow still further
No happy endings
Our worst sin has been to be weak, rather than merely to be wrong
NATO’s unhappy birthday
The world is growing more dangerous and its members need the will to confront new challenges
The drowning man of Europe?
The cooling of Western attitudes towards Ukraine
Schrödinger’s summer offensive
The Ukrainian offensive is not what it appears
Biden’s NATO rebuff
Why did the US snub Ben Wallace?
Sympathy for the devil
Understanding Putin is the key to countering his wicked agenda
Difficult questions on Ukraine
We must not shrink from reassessment
Why is the United States making concessions to Turkey?
The US should re-evaluate its interests in Europe
What should we think about when we think about war?
We must be humble about the conclusions we draw from the conflict in Ukraine
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
The original error of educationalists
Universities are not teaching students to be able to think for themselves
Why do we mourn the unborn?
Our attitudes towards children in the womb are hopelessly confused
The Age of Twee
Line up and clap for the NHS, wankpuffin
Not another one!
How might the run-up to the next general election look?
Healers who harm
Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up by Abigail Shrier
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
Old Ireland stirs
The defeat handed to Dublin’s progressive establishment was a reminder of an older Ireland
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality
Plagiarism: a racist weapon
It has been genuinely disturbing to see Claudine Gay ousted simply for being an empowered black woman
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
