Hot Freya summer (Photo by Tor Erik Schrøder / NTB / AFP)

08/17/2022 - 12:46pm

Did Freya the Walrus deserve to die? Sentimental outrage is hard to distinguish from empathy for others

Ellen Pasternack

Liz Cheney’s neoconservatism is dead Her defeat in Wyoming marks the end of an era

Quiet quitting is a force for good Generation Z is waking up to the punishing reality of wage-slavery

Tuesday, August 16

Britain can become an education super-exporter Our universities have a unique appeal for foreign students

Why Rishi Sunak won’t win British Indian votes The diaspora are interested in economic basics, not identity

Will the Rhine dry up this summer? Drought is threatening Germany's key industrial artery

Britain’s trade deficit has nothing to do with Brexit Prices are rising thanks to our self-defeating Russian sanctions

Philip Pilkington

Monday, August 15

Partition was not an imperialist plot Ahistorical narratives dominate our understanding of the event

Hamas caught trying to control reporting in Gaza The news agenda shouldn't be set by armed thugs

Jake Wallis Simons

Climate change is not making children obese Journalists are twisting facts to suit their political agenda

Mary Harrington

Layla Moran and Britain’s missing reservoirs The Oxford West MP symbolises all that's wrong with planning regulations

Saturday, August 13

Salman Rushdie won’t be the last Thuggish crybullies will find more targets

Murtaza Hussain

Friday, August 12

New research: #MeToo movement hurt female productivity CV data shows that fewer women academics are collaborating with men

Does the U.S. actually want to defend Taiwan? War has gone from a remote scenario to a fearfully plausible one

Dark Brandon is proof the Left can’t meme Plagiarising Right-wing humour points to a lack of originality

Conor Fitzgerald

Catholicism needs to get weird again The Church is losing followers because it has become boring

Thursday, August 11

The UN is in denial about Islamic terrorism The UAE ambassador made a bizarre statement this week

Who will put an end to gender ID witch-hunts? Universities are doing nothing to stop them

Suella Braverman: transitioning is not a neutral act The Attorney General has sent a powerful warning to schools

China’s economy isn’t going to implode The country has survived similar crises before

Philip Pilkington

Wednesday, August 10

Students don’t need protecting from ‘challenging’ books Withdrawing supposedly harmful content helps no one

Kristina Murkett

It’s official: I’m a member of New York’s hottest club It's taken nearly 2,000 years, but Catholicism is back in fashion

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is tearing academia apart Ideological litmus tests are becoming the norm in America

Has the FBI turned Trump into a martyr? Failure to find a smoking gun will improve his 2024 prospects

Marshall Auerback

Tuesday, August 9

Banning Russians from Europe won’t hurt Putin Zelenskyy's controversial proposal could play into the Kremlin’s hands

You can’t cancel Bill Maher The presenter has withstood many attempts over the years

Taiwan is the distraction Xi Jinping needs Nancy Pelosi has done the Chinese leader a huge favour

Viktor Orbán threatens EU with ‘Huxit’ The leader has warned that funding will decide his country's future

William Nattrass

Monday, August 8

Reports on Ukrainian corruption start to resurface Western outlets and politicians are becoming more strident in their criticism

His wife’s plea: The case for Julian Assange Lawyer Stella Moris discusses her husband's liberty and the free internet

With Europe consumed by Ukraine, tensions flare in Azerbaijan The restive Nagorno-Karabakh region has endured more violence

Rishi Sunak is right about worthless university degrees Don't blame the former Chancellor for pointing out the obvious