Section: Opinion

Total Results: 1008


Yesterday's ceremony on the White House lawn. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images
16 Sep 2020 - 1:09am

Can bad men do good things? The idea that President Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize isn't as crazy as it sounds

Stephen Pollard

Monday, 14 September

14.09

Why the new inquisition came for David Hume Just as in the philosopher's day, the zealots of the 21st century cannot understand human complexity

Giles Fraser

Friday, 11 September

11.09

Hollywood’s hapless diversity bid Driven by Darwinian levels of competition, it's the last place to enact an egalitarian experiment

Douglas Murray

Thursday, 10 September

10.09

Stop crying foul over fascism The Left justifies extreme and violent action by framing Trump as an existential threat to America

Michael Tracey

Tuesday, 8 September

08.09

Hypocrisy is not the worst thing on earth No one cares if progressives don't practise what they preach — so long as what they're preaching is good

Ben Sixsmith

Monday, 7 September

07.09

The American Left is looking increasingly extreme How would Joe Biden's radicalised supporters react to a Trump victory in November?

Justin Webb

Friday, 4 September

04.09

‘Cultural appropriation’ is American cultural imperialism The outrage over Adele shows the extent to which the US culture wars intrude in places they don't belong

Douglas Murray

Thursday, 3 September

03.09

Has lockdown left you with existential angst? Covid confinement has forced many to wrestle with thoughts of mortality and meaning

Giles Fraser

Wednesday, 2 September

02.09

Six ways to fix our failing government The problems illustrated by the exam fiasco cannot be blamed on a 'mutant algorithm' alone

Paul Marshall

Tuesday, 1 September

01.09

Let’s be honest, the NHS is awful In public we lionise it; in private we share stories of its incompetence and heartlessness

Henry Jeffreys

Friday, 28 August

28.08

It’s time Europeans demanded reparations for slavery Over a million people from across the continent were taken by Moorish pirates — when will their descendents receive justice?

Douglas Murray

Monday, 24 August

24.08

The generation betrayed by Boris The cohort of youngsters whose futures were crushed by lockdown may never forgive the Tories

Louise Perry