United States
Could Trump be a world leader?
His sense of his own importance might not be suited to isolationism
If you come at the king…
Trump’s response to being shot has affirmed his status as a Great Man of History
California dreaming
The delight of discovering an affordable California blend
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
Preaching to a dwindling choir
Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal Church is struggling
End of the Biden farce?
The President’s fragility has been obvious for years — but was he ever in control?
The multi-matrixed revolutions
Predictions of a new Cold War understate the complexity of the future
“X” marks a spot
The development of geopolitical thought in the Cold War
New beginnings, old problems
How did geopolitics evolve in the aftermath of World War Two?
Lessons of The Jetsons
The economic future foretold by the 1960s cartoon could hardly have been wider of the mark
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell
Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Rising above the mob
Questioning is kryptonite to the genderist cause
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
