A collection of 89 posts
Why are households struggling to buy homes in advanced economies, and what does the erosion of ownership mean for inequality, family formation, and the resilience of liberal democracy?
Why is antisemitism resurging? Why has support for Hamas taken hold on Western campuses? And how do Qatar, media narratives, and fading Holocaust memory feed today’s crisis?
Why are people fleeing the country? Is the threat of genocide being exaggerated—or ignored?
A critical look at how well-intentioned editorial “sensitivity” can narrow creative risk-taking and homogenise contemporary fiction.
Why did Britain negotiate a treaty with Māori chiefs in New Zealand but claim Australia as terra nullius—“land belonging to no one”?
Why did this particular crime cut through the daily background noise of American violence?
Once celebrated as the world’s most liveable city, Melbourne is now confronting a surge in violent crime, youth gang activity, and public disorder. What happened — and why?
The Westman school massacre, explained.
The ideological capture of college writing programs has ushered in an age of didactic, anodyne, and tedious books.
Healthcare for menopause and perimenopause is the single most patient-betraying area of medicine—but it has plenty of company.
Amir and I had very different ideas about which side had committed a ‘genocide.’ But it didn’t stop us from being civil.
The assassination of Charlie Kirk shows how Discord, memes, and “online brainrot” may motivate disaffected youth more than ideology.