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
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
All the Mendelssohn you will ever need
Mendelssohn: Symphonies and Oratorios (Deutsche Grammophon)
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
