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Burning the Quran

Are we going to defend liberty, openness, and democracy, or are we going to allow radical theocrats and their ideological allies to try to crush our hard-won freedoms?

John Aziz

5 Feb 2025 · 6 min read

Donald Symons as a young man. Black-and-white phot

Sage of Sex and Psyche

Remembering Don Symons (1942–2024).

Steven Pinker

4 Feb 2025 · 12 min read

A young woman in a tracksuit is embraced by her mother, in jeans, on a couch.

The Ceasefire Deal

As Israel and Hamas begin to implement the ceasefire deal, both the immediate and the longer term future remain unclear.

Benny Morris

20 Jan 2025 · 12 min read

A graffitied wall which says CAPITALISM IS THE VIRUS.

This Is Not Late-Stage Capitalism

Automation, artificial intelligence, and robotics are set to redefine the relationship between labour, capital, and production.

John Aziz

8 Jan 2025 · 7 min read

Justin Trudeau in a grey suit and striped tie, in front of Canadian flags. He a salt-and-pepper beard and curly brown hair.

Shame on Us for Ever Believing Him

Justin Trudeau convinced me he was a sunny patriot who’d unify Canada. What I got instead was a cynical culture warrior who smeared opponents as bigots and defamed my country as a genocide state.

Jonathan Kay

7 Jan 2025 · 8 min read

An AI image of Jesus wearing a keffiyeh.

Jesus Wasn’t Palestinian

Palestinians’ history, culture, and connection to the land are valid in their own right. We don’t need to appropriate or falsify Jewish history.

John Aziz

18 Dec 2024 · 6 min read

Putin and Xinping, composite image, in grey suits, with Russian and Chinese flags, colourised.

Tyranny Is Not What It Used to Be

In her new book, ‘Autocracy, Inc.,’ historian Anne Applebaum provides us with a distinctive and indispensable guide to one of the great challenges of our time.

Brian Stewart

16 Dec 2024 · 8 min read

A statue of a horse with a man riding it is climbed by rebels flying a white and green flag.

The Weak Horse

Syria’s crisis demonstrates the importance of power.

Brian Stewart

3 Dec 2024 · 8 min read

David is a white man in his 60s or 70s with glasses

A New York Times op-ed by a Yale historian tries to see universities from the vantage point of an outsider. Instead, it unwittingly illustrates why universities will not self-correct without external intervention.

Heather Mac Donald

28 Nov 2024 · 12 min read

Jewish star of David painted on the German national flag.

Anti-Zionism’s German Roots

While Islam traditionally treated Jews with contempt, antisemitic conspiracy theories imported from Germany escalated this animosity by vilifying Jews as agents of diabolical evil.

Gerfried Ambrosch

18 Nov 2024 · 11 min read

An actor in Roman costume with a gold crown. He is a man in his 50s, blonde hair, blue eyes wearing purple and gold.

Savage Entertainment

A new version of Tinto Brass and Bob Guccione’s notorious 1979 film ‘Caligula’ provides a valuable record of one of the most fascinating disasters in cinema history.

Jaspreet Singh Boparai

14 Nov 2024 · 30 min read

A brunette middle-aged female mayor of Amsterdam looks concerned with her hand over her mouth and microphones pointi

The West Is Next

If we are to fight for liberty for everyone—including Muslims—we must be serious about being ready to stand up to Islamists like Hamas, who seek to revive Islamic imperialism.

John Aziz

11 Nov 2024 · 9 min read