US Politics
Rod Dreher comes home
The conscience of the New World is here in the Old
Doubling down on a fraud
Recalling the murky role played by civil rights leader Rev Al Sharpton in a notorious faked abduction case
The noise before defeat
Even a good retreat would not have rescued a bad war
The Second Coming of George W. Bush
The public image of the 43rd President of the United States has undergone a surprising revival
Past his prime
Even the President of the United States has to know when to retire
Letter from Washington: Biden’s big truths and little lies
The president’s self-styled straight talking is less honest than it seems
Letter from Washington: A final miscalculation in Afghanistan
The bungled US withdrawal marks a low point in the Biden presidency
Angels, demons and videotape
What American journalism’s “teaching moments” teach us about American journalism
Letter from Washington: Afghan blues
The Taliban’s grimly predictable advance is a reminder that withdrawal is not the end of Biden’s Afghanistan headache
Letter from Washington: A grubby kind of normalcy
An ethical quandary surrounding Hunter Biden’s paintings points to a bigger problem
Why the Conservatives will be anti-woke
Standing up to the thought police is key to making change
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
Defending an outdoor smoke
There is no rational argument for prohibition
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
War returns to Kursk
Could the famous WW2 era battlefield be yet another military turning point?
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
With Conservative friends like these…
The Tories have kept elevating their own ideological opponents
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
