Lights Out in America
The cowardice at America’s most important liberal publications is damaging democracy.
John Lloyd
· 12 min read
Politics
A collection of 620 posts
The Vilnius Fiasco
There is a better way to protect Ukrainian sovereignty and security—and long-term Western interests—than NATO membership.
Adam Garfinkle
· 24 min read
How Effective Altruism Lost Its Way
It is time for the EA movement to rediscover humanism.
Matt Johnson
· 29 min read
A History of Feminist Antisemitism
The story of how activists and academics exchanged the struggle for universal female improvement for a politics of division and hatred.
Kara Jesella
· 21 min read
Misunderstanding the Fertility Crisis
The DINKs video isn’t shaping culture—it’s a cultural response to the rising opportunity cost of having children in free and prosperous societies.
Alex Nowrasteh
· 10 min read
Kissinger’s Folly
In its cold materialist outlook, Realism fails to recognize that every nation has a unique set of interests shaped by its own history, geography, and beliefs.
Brian Stewart
· 16 min read
The Genocidal Imagination
Philosophies of human cruelty, from Sade to October 7th.
Pascal Bruckner
· 21 min read
The Carbon-Neutral Dumpster Fire
RTÉ’s ludicrous environmentalist docudrama Tomorrow Tonight reflects the Irish state’s perverse commitment to a politics of self-harm.
Aidan Harte
· 9 min read
Is Venezuela About to Invade Guyana?
Analysts are skeptical and Guyana is nervous. But history teaches us to pay attention when an unpopular despot starts to speak the language of irredentism.
Juan P. Villasmil
· 8 min read
Kissinger and Cambodia
Henry Kissinger’s policies influenced Cambodia’s fate, but they alone did not cause the rise of the Khmer Rouge.
Lachlan Peters
· 21 min read
Bias and Betrayal
The extensive rot at the heart of Human Rights Watch.
Gerald M. Steinberg
· 14 min read
Apostles of Appeasement
A short history of phoney peace groups and their fellow travellers.
Oscar Clarke
· 10 min read
Gaza and the Asymmetry Trap
The defeat of Hamas is a moral necessity, but that does not obviate Israel’s responsibility to minimize civilian suffering.
Michael Walzer
· 10 min read
The New Normal?
Election results in the Netherlands and Argentina provide evidence of the vigour and variety of the New Right and its global reach.
John Lloyd
· 6 min read
The Pervert’s Guide to Philosophy
Costin Alamariu’s (AKA Bronze Age Pervert's) doctoral dissertation is attracting a lot of interest but it doesn’t add up to much.
Oliver Traldi
· 19 min read