US Politics
Public Enemy Number whatever
Frederic Raphael defends his friend, the writer Joseph Epstein, latest victim of America’s cancel culture for daring to mock Jill Biden’s doctorate
Studio: Drawing US Presidents
John Springs on illustrating US Presidents throughout his career
George Shultz: A life guided by trust but marred by scandal
George Shultz, a long-term Secretary of State of the Reagan administration, has died at the age of 100
Why the impeachment trial will embolden Trump
Trump’s home in Florida shows no sign of becoming a quiet retirement retreat as Palm Beach looks set to become the Republican Party’s ideological headquarters
Is California recalling progressivism?
The recall of the Governor undermines the woke-ism that dominates the national Democratic Party
Impeachment Follies: The case against conviction
Paul du Quenoy argues that Democrats are unlikely to achieve their dream of removing their most dangerous rival from contention in 2024
The Great Game: Eyewitness to Trump’s first post-presidential Super Bowl party
There were sombre scenes at Donald Trump’s Palm Beach Super Bowl party
Who champions the little guy now that Trump is gone?
Sir Andrew Cook, chairman of leading British manufacturer William Cook Group, bemoans the fact that the parties of the left no longer stand up for the little guy
Catholicism at its most bonkers—and prescient
The strange and startling events at Fatima continue to intrigue and haunt as the Catholic Church wrestles against the liberalising world order
The Republicans’ reality problem
MAGA cultists are leading the Republicans into unreality
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
Their work here is done
British politicians are very proud of their role in Syria, whatever it was
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
In search of forgotten heroes
The Church has consigned to oblivion those who risked all to end the slave trade
Passing the baton to the offspring
Does maestro talent run in the genes?
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
Booty contest
This book sets out to rebalance ahistorical narratives of how museum collections were constructed
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
