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03/28/2023 - 8:00am

Why are Americans dying so young? US life expectancy is falling well behind Europe

Monday, March 27

Humza Yousaf is good news for the Union The new SNP leader is an example of the UK's strength

French protests threaten to spill into Europe The cost-of-living crisis is hurting the whole continent

Philip Pilkington

Is this the last gasp of Israel’s secular Left? The ultra-Orthodox community is now in the ascendancy

Ashley Rindsberg

Has Botox killed our capacity to empathise? Research shows that injections alter humans' ability to react to emotion

Mary Harrington

EU’s energy summit ends in division over Net Zero Not every country is on board with the green agenda

William Nattrass

Saturday, March 25

Why do young people still support lockdowns? A suspicion of democracy has bred an authoritarian streak

Friday, March 24

Don’t blame conservatives for the culture wars Activists have been quietly promoting progressive issues for decades

World Athletics trans ruling is a watershed moment The decision will have ripple effects across the world of sport

The Silicon Valley Bank collapse will hurt Joe Biden The President has much to lose from the ongoing fallout

Why feminists should fear a declining birth rate The example of South Korea is a warning shot

Are raccoon dogs really to blame for Covid? The latest origin theory for the virus doesn't hold much water

Top Harvard Astronomer: The evidence for extraterrestrial life Professor Avi Loeb on why he risked his reputation to study UFOs

Thursday, March 23

Who will represent the dissenting minority? UnHerd polling shows that a populist strain in British politics persists

Keir Starmer is (still) equivocating on women’s rights The Labour leader's new gender policy is a fudge

Centrist dads rally at ‘The Rest is Politics Live’ Thousands flocked to the London Palladium to mourn a bygone world

Nicholas Harris

Boris Johnson will escape into the night The former PM will remain a force in Tory politics, even if he never returns

Three years on: Britons still support lockdowns New UnHerd polling reveals most of the nation thinks the measure was justified

Wednesday, March 22

Left-wing bias persists in OpenAI’s GPT-4 model Despite improvements, it is easy to game the system

The truth about Posie Parker and the neo-Nazis Australian politicians were too quick to tar gender-critical feminists

Giorgia Meloni confronts increasingly sceptical public on Ukraine The Italian PM remains committed to providing military aid

William Nattrass

Trans activists are today’s Militant Tendency If Keir Starmer wants to succeed, he must face them down

Tuesday, March 21

How Nature journal hurt Trump supporters’ trust in science A new study shows that endorsing Biden had a polarising effect on its readership

The myth of Sweden’s voluntary lockdown Mobility data shows that Swedes' behaviour barely changed during the pandemic

Paris rises up against ‘King Macron’ Charles's forthcoming visit to France couldn't come at a more difficult time

The Dutch farmers’ party victory is a warning to the green movement People across Europe are fed up with unfair environmental policies

Monday, March 20

Why the DUP’s rebellion matters The rejection of the Windsor Framework is more than a symbolic vote

Portland stages a funeral for the death of face masks Attendees will gather to mourn the end of 'public health'

Mary Harrington

Olaf Scholz is all talk, no tank The Chancellor's €100bn military promise hasn't materialised

Ralph Schoellhammer

Vladimir Putin goes on the road Russia's President made trips to Crimea and Mariupol this weekend

Bethany Elliott

Are we about to enter a full-scale banking crisis? The international monetary system is looking increasingly shaky

Philip Pilkington

Saturday, March 18

Lionel Shriver: Insensitivity Reader The author explains why she's determined to keep offending people