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Anatole Kaletsky: Trussonomics might just work Perhaps the conventional economists are wrong?

The lesson of The Lord of the Rings ‘review bombing’ The wisdom of crowds descends into meme wars

Mary Harrington

The good news from Germany on gas prices The European nation has managed to reduce its reliance on Russia

Saturday, September 3

The Pope is a Russia realist Francis has refused to side with the West since the invasion

Friday, September 2

Britain’s Greens aren’t funny any more Their policy proposals could have serious consequences

Martin Lewis has run out of ideas He doesn't have the tools for an age of scarcity

Why British liberals should thank Nigel Farage His brand of populism did not appeal to the authoritarian young

Joe Biden rewrites history on Covid, law and order His administration offered a highly partial account of the last two years

Park MacDougald

The Democrats’ green agenda is hurting Californians The state faces blackouts, brownouts and water rationing this year

Thursday, September 1

Liberals are virtue-signalling on US life expectancy White supremacy does not explain the disparity between races

Russia has forgotten the Gorbachev I knew He struggled valiantly against the collapse of the USSR

Harald Malmgren

It’s time for civil disobedience Thomas Fazi discusses Europe's political tipping point with Freddie Sayers

Schools are too obsessed with mental health Provisions like emotional check-ins and take-a-break corners won't help students

Kristina Murkett

A different type of Tory showed up at Wembley Boris loomed large among this majority-minority crowd

How Gorbachev tried to save the USSR He tried to revitalise Soviet power, not lose it

Maximilian Hess

Wednesday, August 31

Donors are undermining the Conservative Party Lord Cruddas' bid to change party rules is harmful and unedifying

Next stop: mandatory flu vaccines Colleges like Berkeley have moved on from Covid to new health rules

Park MacDougald

Western leaders are madder than I thought They are more willing than I predicted to immiserate their populations

Mary Harrington

Gorbachev laid the ground for Putin — and his war The chaos of the Nineties bred a desire for strength and stability

Katherine Bayford

The un-cancellation of Sam Hyde The Right-wing comic is rehabilitating his image through boxing

Tuesday, August 30

No, Afghanistan did not hurt U.S. ‘credibility’ The Washington blob keeps peddling the same false narrative

Cancelled Pride parade draws unwanted attention to Serbia Is the country is embroiled in a proxy war between West and East?

William Nattrass

Trans player wins women’s billiards championship Why was Jamie Hunter allowed to compete against biological women?

The Guardian tries to cancel gardening A writer claims that the term is loaded with cultural baggage

Monday, August 29

Joe Rogan tells Americans to vote Republican The comedian criticised the Democrats' stringent Covid policies on his podcast

Insulate Britain was right all along Not insulating homes now looks like an own goal for the government

Saturday, August 27

What Carl Schmitt reveals about Vladimir Putin The German theorist haunts the Kremlin

Friday, August 26

Wolfgang Streeck: the age of German dominance is over The economic historian discusses Germany's crisis and the future of Europe

The strange theory of Aleksandr Dugin and “child sacrifice” Social media has been gripped by Dugin derangement syndrome

Michael Millerman

The American Academy of Pediatrics is denying reality Frustrated doctors are beginning to go public

Eliza Mondegreen

Novak Djokovic’s vaccine ban is a disgrace to American sport The tennis great is a victim of pandemic-era stupidity

Park MacDougald

Thursday, August 25

Tensions mount on the Estonian-Russian border Life in Narva, Estonia's easternmost city, just got more complicated