P J O’Rourke
Last laugh
Intellectual wits like P J O’Rourke are rare birds these days
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Life amid the ruins
Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
The case for Jenrick
He can reform the party and take on Labour
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
The Club of Wrong
The Club of Rome are back and dumber than ever
