rationality
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
Why conservatism is rational
Conservatives should take pride in the rationality of their reasoning
The first victim of empire
England is an ongoing casualty of the British imperial project
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
Art of the deal
A simple sale, with money changing hands, was out of the question
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
Explaining the Boriswave
How and why the Conservatives betrayed their voters on immigration
A broken Reed
Who did Steve Reed MP annoy to be sent to face the outrage of the farmers?
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion