US Politics
Go woke, go broke?
The collapse of Vice Media is a story of an American left — aggressive, iconoclastic, irreverent — that no longer exists
The wellspring of woke
The right should stop “owning the libs” and focus on state power
American politics at the crossroads
And its short but bitter history
The US must resolve its Ukrainian contradiction
Avoiding dialogue with Russia is reckless folly
The technological escalation
Will the US semiconductor strategy prevail against China?
Populists: doing us all a favour
Don’t sneer at those who challenge the vested interests of the elite
The slippery slope reality
When tolerance revises its demands upwards
CNN’s optical delusion
How American progressives get “TERF Island” wrong
The Cosa Nostra in suits
Big business acts as a mafia, squeezing suppliers and raising prices for customers
Overthrowing the kritarchy
The overturning of Roe v. Wade would be a victory for democracy
Train lines to nowhere
The farcical naming of new overground lines has exposed the fragility of progressivism
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
Therapy is making children ill
What would really help children’s mental health is talk about resilience
A right to protest?
The right to dissent is often at odds with the will of the mob
The right must learn from modern art
Marcel Duchamp’s rule-breaking provides real lessons for the right
Teaching leftists about tax
Sometimes, an argument about economic policy is like an oil spill
WW3 and the end of history
The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
Wragg must go
He should resign or be fired
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
