USA
SHEAR Madness
Taking an Old Hickory switch to the dying academic historical profession
Women Can Be Cancelled, Too
Author Flannery O’Connor has returned from the dead to bring gender equality to cancel culture
The balance of power
Economics will be key in the looming new Cold War between the US and China
Britain’s George Floyd protesters exude the stench of humbug
The London demonstrators want to feel good without having to behave well
Palm Beach: The Island that resists death
Covid deaths were only five percent of New York’s
Nazi blueprint for postwar integration
How Walther Funk’s 1940 memo predicted the rise of the European Union
Anti-China syndrome
Both US parties are seeking to be tough on Beijing — but at what cost?
Is this what equality means?
US women could be about to achieve a level of equality not all of them actually want, by becoming eligible to be drafted in a time of war
Why populism is popular
Richard Reinsch reviews The New Class War By Michael Lind
The Coronavirus Cover-Up
How the West’s fear of appearing racist obscures the blunders at the beginning of this outbreak
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
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
The black hole of online censorship
The removal of Parler from app stores has made it clear that online opinions exist at the sufferance of those providing the soap box
Power to the pigs and les keufs
France is competing with the UK to be every bit as draconian and liberty-infringing
Are British universities unwittingly arming China?
Graham Stewart and David Scullion talk to Radomir Tylecote about how British universities are cooperating with organisations linked to the Chinese military
Biden’s brave new world
As we move into 2021, Biden’s message resounds throughout our new woke empire
Why you should add chess to your home school curriculum
It is strange to think that a piece of wood on a board can be so emblematic of what it means to be human
The limits of optimism
Like Mr Stimpson in the film Clockwise, Boris Johnson is learning about the perils of fostering hope
The NI WhatsApp war
Is a trade body being excluded by Ministers because they’ve criticised the NI protocol?
Event horizon
Boris’s believable border boasts