Political Philosophy
Myths of the Prophet Max
Daniel Johnson on the life and work of Max Weber, whose controversial views on democracy still resonate today
A moral case for Universal Basic Income
A neoliberal argument for UBI based on individual freedom and property rights
Sir Roger Scruton – The Last Commission
Sir Roger Scruton’s superhuman approach in the last months of his life
The prophet who didn’t do people
Friedrich von Hayek became “Hayek”, a cardboard cut-out representation.
Take trade experts and their models with a bucket of salt
The negative impact of Brexit on trade, and the economy at large, is still being overstated
The problem with puberty blockers
Ministers must step in to prevent the NHS from experimenting on children
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
“Problematic” art
This kind of adolescent tripe passes these days for thought
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm
The problem with securonomics
A genuine strategy for increasing our economic security and resilience as a society would not start with the state
Eyes on the prizes
On a dispiriting start to racing’s “Premierisation” era
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
The problem with right-wing natalism
No one actually knows how to raise birth rates
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
The light and the insubstantial
Poulenc and others: Chamber music (Calliope/DG)
