Allan Bloom on the ‘Charmed Years’ of College
brett2024-05-03T11:51:34+01:00In 1987, the political philosopher warned an audience of freshmen of the perils of not thinking for themselves. Read more
Following Napoleon: my exile in St Helena
brett2024-04-26T15:38:31+01:00A lifesize statue of Napoleon stands on the balcony. It takes a few days to get used to him Read more
Americans realise freedom with the occasional bit of offence is OK – we seem to be going other way
brett2024-05-03T11:49:41+01:00Thanks to the first amendment, the right to freedom of speech has been enshrined in law from America’s founding Read more
International Criminal Court’s vicious smear tactics against America’s allies
brett2024-05-03T11:47:02+01:00A British prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague called Karim Khan is going to try to bring a war-crimes case against an American ally. Read more
The BBC has gone to war on our civilisation
brett2024-04-26T15:35:40+01:00A new trigger warning on Kenneth Clark’s 1969 series reflects dangerous Western self-laceration Read more
‘We Will Fight with Stones in Our Hands’
brett2024-04-26T15:39:43+01:00Months before Israel achieved independence in 1948, Golda Meir came to America, asking for help in the battle for survival. Read more
The triumph of Katharine Birbalsingh
brett2024-04-19T16:44:43+01:00The school’s success is a rebuke to a whole class of malevolent or criminally inept educationalists Read more
Fentanyl-laced drugs aren’t ‘someone else’s problem’
brett2024-04-19T16:46:34+01:00If this country is going to get serious about its epidemic of lost lives, perhaps we should think, “OK, maybe it won’t be you. But it could be someone you
The Call to Take Up Arms Against Napoleon
brett2024-04-19T16:43:18+01:00In a 1799 speech, the British prime minister warned that ‘the monster’ could not be left ‘to prowl the world unopposed.’ Read more