The Empathy of J.K. Rowling
brett2024-12-19T16:28:58+00:00When the world’s most successful writer honored Harvard with a commencement speech, she reminded us all what imagination can do. Read more
My rules for church readings
brett2024-12-12T18:11:37+00:00It is especially important not to do Mary’s talk with the Archangel Gabriel in a ‘character’ voice Read more
After Syrian rebels force Assad out, the Iranian regime could be the next one to collapse
brett2024-12-19T16:38:50+00:00For the past 45 years, the Revolutionary Islamic Government in Iran has been the main destabilizing force in the region, against pretty stiff competition.The ayatollahs have colonized vast swaths of
David Foster Wallace on Infinite Things
brett2024-12-09T10:59:55+00:00The great novelist told the class of 2005: Education isn’t about success. It’s about humility. Read more
Beware the Qataris
brett2024-12-06T12:09:17+00:00It’s troubling that Britain should have welcomed the leadership of a sordid, terrorist-supporting statelet Read more
How to get on the housing ladder
brett2024-11-28T13:52:08+00:00I just can’t see how any person in their twenties or thirties is expected to get on the property ladder Read more
We should be thankful that the future is in Trump’s hands — and not Harris’
brett2024-12-06T12:04:07+00:00The only thing that made Harris’ message different from a late-night conversation with a very drunk friend was that at no point did Harris actually say “I love you guys”
‘We Shall Win the Tomorrows Before Us’
brett2024-11-28T13:54:18+00:00Six days after JFK was assassinated, LBJ brought hope to a broken nation with a powerful Thanksgiving address. Read more
Britain’s failing statecraft
brett2024-11-23T09:49:09+00:00‘I can’t emphasise enough what a bad idea it would be for the UN to use the transition to attack Israel’ Read more