US Politics
Harris vs Pence: What did we learn from the vice presidential debate?
The Critic’s political and US editors discuss with Chris Buskirk, editor of American Greatness
The unlikely miracle of Trump’s presidency
Trump’s inability to articulate any substantive thought renders a respected journalist’s new book unreadable
Trump v Biden: what did we learn from the first presidential debate?
The Critic’s US editor spoke to the publisher and editor of American Greatness, Chris Buskirk
And the horse you rode in on
The first US presidential TV debate, Cleveland, Ohio
Democrats are right to raise questions about Amy Coney Barrett
Will the Supreme Court’s new justice be able to commit to American secularism?
The making of Donald Trump
In his new book, Gerald Seib asks whether the turn towards nationalism and populism in the US is permanent
A Ruthless Supreme Court
Justice Ginsburg’s legacy will now be weaponised by the woke for November’s elections
The myth behind BLM’s ‘peaceful protests’
How the media peddles data that under-represents BLM violence
For God, country and Trump
Why do conservative evangelicals continue to support Trump?
Why can’t California control predictable fires?
California’s rulers again shift the blame to conservatives rather than admit their own incompetence
Grizelda Buncome
Peripatetic creative writing tutor
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
Alastair Campbell’s gender neutral nonsense
Alastair Campbell might not care about single-sex spaces, but women do
Dial S for screen time
These middle-class tweens being forbidden phones have had iPads since they were six
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
The conversion of St Lee
Never mind migrants converting, what about the MPs?
In memory of Lord Cormack
Britain has lost a wise and dedicated public servant
Giving noticing a bad name
Observing factual differences is not the same as leaping to conclusions
The royals needs better PR
We have seen too many royal disasters
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
