United States
Reining in the police: Action or cop-out?
The aftermath of George Floyd’s death is a Me Too moment for race relations and the law enforcement agencies
Return of the dragon
China’s Covid belligerence will only isolate it further
The man who exposed the watchers
David J. Garrow reviews Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the Surveillance State, by Barton Gellman
Does peak infection sync with lockdown enforcement?
The lockdown logic’s basic arithmetic doesn’t add up
Why the orthodox Covid-19 narrative is right
In measuring the nastiness of Covid-19, we need to look at what could have happened had we not locked down
Whole lotta Lockdown
With friends like Tory backbenchers, who needs Cabinet colleagues?
There’s a Matt for That
Nurturing the flame of the candle of hope
A day in the life of the Covid Physician
Johnson, Whitty, Vallance, Hancock, and SAGE worry the Covid Physician far more than Covid-19 does
All of this has happened before
Straighten tie, look to camera, the guys are here? Don’t smile, furrow brow, go
The day the dictators met
Thankfully, the two fascist leaders’ meeting at Hendaye remains nothing more than a footnote in history
It’s a Wonderful Life: the perfect Christmas film?
The 1946 classic is a timely reminder that affection and loyalty can surface in the most difficult of circumstances
Amnesty and political prisoners in Ireland
Human rights organisations in Ireland are calling for the disenfranchisement of those who do not share their political views
Why free market think tanks are neither evil nor geniuses
Kurt Andersen’s ‘Evil Geniuses’ is a one-sided guide to the imminent future
Sean Connery: the man beyond Bond
Who was the “real” Sean Connery?