Optimism
The best we can hope for
Brilliant psychologist Daniel Kahneman died this year
When breast isn’t best
A major maternity support group is at war with its trustees over its insistence that men should be enabled to breastfeed
Wanderer above the sea of clods
The next month might be maddening but it will not be dull
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
Preparing for the worst
How gender critical commentators are preparing for the impact of the Hate Crime and Public Order Act
On Américanisation
French life is being transformed by the influence of American culture
The EU is overregulating AI
Caution and control are being overemphasised above economic and technological opportunity
Shock of the new
There is a difference between innovation and a gimmick
Bloody opposition
The Tories have left Britain in the hands of managers, judges and technocrats
Skin-walkers of the state
How absolute power lurks within liberalism
Fat lot of use
One cannot approve of so lazy a gimmick as a fat suit in reality-obsessed 2024
The Greens are worse than useless
Their reputation for being nice if a touch naive is far too generous
