scepticism
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
On operating profits and gross ignorance
Economic ignorance can have serious costs
I hate engagement bait
Social media can be a tool for uncovering the truth, but also for obscuring it
Bad public health research could drive a man to drink
No, alcohol consumption has not spiked since the pandemic
Why we cannot trust official inquiries
They can be a way for the powerful to neutralise genuinely difficult questions
The big fat myth of child obesity
We have been misled for years about our children
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change