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Don’t deprive Americans of July 4 fireworks
The Fourth of July is an opportunity to reflect upon the miracle that is the founding of the United States,…
Joe Exotic’s presidential plans from prison
“So you have any advice for other presidential candidates who might end up in federal prison?” I ask Joseph “Exotic”…
US government had EcoHealth researching whether humans could give bats Covid
During the height of the coronavirus, the Department of the Interior teamed up with a scandal-plagued nonprofit organization to investigate…
NPR says Asian Americans should love affirmative action
NPR thinks Asian Americans should stand against the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action whether they like it or not. In…
The useful influencers of Shein
The Soviets had a problem. On March 5, 1940, Stalin had given the order to massacre 14,700 Polish officers, which…
Parliamentary police officer purged every six months
These days, the reputation of the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection (PaDP) Unit is at a low ebb, following the scandals…
Virginia Woolf doesn’t need a trigger warning
Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? Americans, apparently. Or at least that’s the conclusion Vintage US seems to have drawn. The…
The unedifying Yilin Wang vs British Museum row
If you visited the British Museum’s new exhibition China’s Hidden Century a fortnight ago, you’d have seen a substantial section on the revolutionary woman…
Bank of England: ‘any gender’ can be pregnant
Talk about getting your priorities right. As ministers battle to get inflation down from the double digit highs of earlier…
Red Wall MPs go up against Sunak on legal migration
Rishi Sunak is facing calls from the latest Tory caucus – ‘the New Conservatives’ – to take a series of…
Biden can’t ignore the Taliban’s terrorist links for ever
President Joe Biden is either not being briefed on what is going on in Afghanistan, or more likely choosing not…
France’s riots are fuelling division over Europe’s migrant crisis
The riots that have ravaged France in recent days have given Eric Zemmour a second wind. The leader of the…
The French riots threaten the state’s very existence
How dangerous are riots to the very existence of the French state? Most commentators avoid the question and concentrate on causes.…
John Major has learned nothing over Brexit
Rishi Sunak’s government is sometimes compared to that of John Major, the man who succeeded Margaret Thatcher in 1990, went…
The long defeat of the French language
After Brexit, it was all going to be so different for Europe. Following years of growing dominance by the English-speaking…
Prepare for the Saudi tennis takeover
The self-serving ethical blind spots of some of those in charge of running international sport never ceases to amaze. Step…
France wants Macron to send in the army
Nearly three quarters of French people think it’s time for President Macron to send in the army to restore order…
The Clarkson ruling puts Ipso in violation of its own charter
At 10pm last night, the BBC sent out a ‘breaking news’ notification informing millions that a joke made by Jeremy…
Is Gary Neville following in the footsteps of Thatcher – or Trump?
A video loop on the homepage of Gary Neville’s new website shows the ex-Man Utd captain turned businessman, broadcaster and…
Affirmative action was hurting black students
Harvard may have a slightly more difficult time poaching black students from Boston College, Miami University of Ohio, or other…
Has the Bank of England’s net zero obsession fuelled inflation?
The Bank of England was made independent to take monetary policy away from flighty politicians who are slaves to expediency…
Why America needs regime change
No sensible reader of the news could look at America and think it is flourishing. Massive economic inequality and the breakdown of…
Project drear: Starmer’s plan to bore his way to power
The very modest poll ‘bounce’ that Rishi Sunak delivered for the Tories after the farcical Liz Truss premiership has proved…
Putin’s secret weapon is fragility
As the dust settles on Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny that wasn’t, the consensus is clear: Vladimir Putin has been left weakened…
The Transmaid’s Tale
It’s generally agreed that sex-selection is a Bad Thing. In India and China, sons are favoured over daughters – but…
