A collection of 103 posts
The continent with the lowest number of hot days leads the world in heat mortality. Europe’s self-inflicted aversion to air conditioning betrays a deeper hostility to energy and to progress itself.
In his panic-stricken effort to disentangle America from the Middle Eastern mess, Trump now appears to be falling into line with Tehran’s wishes.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s unprecedented tenure as Israeli prime minister may be about to end.
How I read a confidential memo on live television—and what it reveals about ideological bias.
The most consequential weakness of philosopher and journalist Kathleen Stock’s new polemic against assisted dying is its failure to engage with the empirical record.
Theroux’s documentary on the Manosphere tells half the story—the loudly accessible, politically convenient half.
Contemporary anti-Zionism encodes a totalising worldview that blends the tributaries of Nazi, communist, and Islamist anti-Zionism into a single stream.
The new Michael Jackson biopic and the campaign to whitewash the King of Pop’s reputation.
Creating NGOs that misuse the language of human rights is an effective strategy for advancing terrorist goals.
Investigating abuse is a duty. Laundering propaganda is not.
It's not poverty that drives men to violence, but the experience of losing status.
Gad Saad’s new book tackles an interesting topic. Unfortunately, the author’s narcissistic ramblings make it almost impossible to read.
The extraordinary career of Oxford historian Avi Shlaim.
Decolonisation theory operates as a rigid, Manichaean ideology that neatly divides the world into evil perpetrators and innocent victims.
In Iran, Donald Trump is showing us what a populist war looks like.