Another stupid, redundant, dismal Canadian election
Canada has just surpassed even its own previous records for absurd and boring elections yielding predictable and dreary results. Almost…
Trump’s story is still not over
The triumphant ululations of the almost unanimous Trump-hating media of America and much of the world did not clarify the…
Donald Trump’s remarkable victory
Despite the suspension of vote-counting in Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan and Wisconsin, President Trump leads in all of those…
Their rantings betray them
The compulsive and self-righteous bellicosity of the Democratic leaders in Congress over the Supreme Court vacancy has opened an opportunity…
If Boris wants to channel Roosevelt, he should end lockdown
If Boris wants to channel Roosevelt, he should end lockdown
The Biden factor is difficult to calculate
The final stage of the election campaign and its result will depend on four factors: management of the balance between…
The changes to come in the post-COVID world order
The Democrats are taking their stand on the coronavirus crisis in an untenable position. It is like building a defensive…
A bare knuckles fight between Bernie, Bloomberg and Trump
The Nevada caucuses confirm that Sen. Amy Klobuchar has clung to the ledge by her fingernails as long as she…
Metternich gets a makeover
This is a giant Teutonic forest of a book, to be progressed through with determination as if by seasoned infantry;…
Of course president Trump was acquitted
The impeachment of President Trump was unfounded in law and in fact and was never anything but a smear-job organised…
Justin Trudeau is not a racist – but he is a fool
The election campaign was off to an unexciting start even by Canada’s standards. A well-known but fluffy incumbent, Liberal Justin…
20th-century assassins – How to be a Dictator reviewed
Frank Dikötter has written a very lively and concise analysis of the techniques and personalities of eight 20th-century dictators: Mussolini,…
Max Hastings vs Boris Johnson: I know who I’d trust more
Sir Max Hastings, whom I engaged as editor of the Daily Telegraph in 1986 and who stayed in that role…
A presidential pardon for my ‘miraculously shrinking crime’
I owe my return to these pages to the pardon I have received from the President of the United States.…
Trump told me I got a ‘bad rap’
I owe my return to these pages to the pardon I have received from the President of the United States.…
Man of destiny: Napoleon was always convinced he was the chosen one
It is almost inconceivable that there could be a more densely detailed book about Napoleon than this — 800 crowded…
Conrad Black’s diary: Why I won’t join the campaign against Rob Ford
When visiting Britain and Australia last November, I discovered that the mayor of Toronto, Robert Ford, is now the world’s…
Conrad Black’s diary: Sydney, Murdoch, Paxman and other stories
What a pleasure it was to be back in Sydney this month after an absence of 14 years. That city…
Conrad Black’s farewell to the British press
The astonishing level of enthusiasm over the birth of the new prince goes far beyond the pleasure that people naturally…
