The Restoration of the Democratic elites
‘The shouting and the joy expressed has passed all imagination… all the world in a merry mood because of the king’s coming.’ These lines from Samuel Pepys’s 1660 diary could…
‘The shouting and the joy expressed has passed all imagination… all the world in a merry mood because of the king’s coming.’ These lines from Samuel Pepys’s 1660 diary could…
Economist Daron Acemoglu is back in London for his book tour, in the city where, more than 30 years ago, he studied for his PhD at the London School of…
With about a week to go until the 3 November midterm elections in the US, the question is not whether the Republicans will lose, but by how much. Will the…
No one will miss Donald Trump’s inevitable departure more than Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney. Carney, the ultimate globalist, who previously also held Irish and UK citizenship, has skilfully employed…
Up until recently, we thought history had come to an end. Trade had replaced power politics, dependencies were mistaken for security and economies stopped growing as they once had. Now,…
Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, I have been struck by the irresponsible, almost casual manner with which Western governments have treated this conflict. It seems as if…
Of all the Trump administration’s many betrayals of Ukraine, its actions over the past week constitute arguably the most abhorrent. First, the White House agreed to pay Russia billions of…
Two recent incidents in the United States have brought the death penalty back into the spotlight. The botched execution of Christa Pike on 30 September horrified people across the world.…
It was certainly set up to look and feel like a historic speech. With the Acropolis acting as the backdrop, US secretary of state Marco Rubio laid out his new…
The idea of human equality, so deeply entrenched in modern religious and liberal ideals, is widely rejected by the tech elite. Some tech-oriented thinkers, such as Curtis Yarvin, embrace an…