The Freedom to Offend
brett2024-03-22T12:23:45+00:00In 2006, Christopher Hitchens gave a brave, ‘blasphemous’ speech on Islam that resonates with even greater power today. Read more
The ECHR puts the rights of terrorists ahead of Britain’s security
brett2024-03-22T12:25:50+00:00The latest report into the Troubles is based on a worrying premise Read more
Who put the toddlers in charge?
brett2024-03-22T12:29:31+00:00These are people who have never been told ‘no’ and have gone through their adult lives behaving as such Read more
Why do clueless Hamas supporters keep getting away with disruptive protests? Arrest them!
brett2024-03-22T12:27:51+00:00The same people who have spent the last few months blocking bridges and stopping New Yorkers getting to work yesterday morning targeted one of this paper’s printing works in Queens.
C.S. Lewis on Keeping Calm in Chaos
brett2024-03-22T12:31:25+00:00In his 1939 sermon at Oxford, ‘Learning in Wartime,’ C.S. Lewis reminded his audience that by forging ahead in the worst of times, we can touch the divine. Read more
The war in the Middle East has barely begun
brett2024-03-08T10:53:25+00:00What we have seen in Gaza is merely an opening skirmish. The real showdown will be with Tehran Read more
The biggest question of another Trump presidency is: Who will work for him?
brett2024-03-22T12:33:24+00:00If Joe Biden (or any other Democrat) were to win in November, we can pretty much predict how things will go. Unless it’s an alternative Democratic candidate of exceptionally strong
The Men Who Were Worthy of Athens
brett2024-03-08T10:51:56+00:00In fifth-century BCE Greece, Pericles gave a speech on the sacrifices of war—and the heroes who deserve ‘the noblest of all tombs.’ Read more
The sinister tactics of Hope Not Hate
brett2024-03-01T11:54:42+00:00All that the geniuses at HNH had to do was sit at home eating crisps and screen-shotting tweets Read more