Douglas Murray: Tech firms must crack down on mad conspiracy theories destroying society
This isn’t only a problem for social media companies. It is a problem for our democracy. And it is one we need to tackle.
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My night under fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
“Demonization” is one of the words of the era, but last Saturday night the effects of demonization took on a fresh aspect
Dems’ favorite podcaster, Hasan Piker, says stealing and murder are OK
At the height of the 2020 riots, a book was published entitled “In Defense of Looting.”
For progressives, ‘ageing’ is the one acceptable slur
Willie Donaldson, who died in 2005, has a claim to having had the best obituary sub-heading of any writer I know. ‘Wykehamist pimp, crack fiend and adulterer who created Henry Root and Beyond the Fringe’ was how the Telegraph memorably summed up his life.
A clash between the pope and Trump was inevitable — but let us not choose between the heart and the head
From the moment that Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV last year, a clash between Rome and Washington was inevitable.
Trump’s goals in Iran have always been clear
The bombing of the Revolutionary government in Iran is drawing comparisons with the war in Iraq. But the comparisons are with the wrong war.
We must crush Iran now so it can’t come back and spread terror
It is too early to know whether the latest ceasefire will hold. But it is early enough to know that it should not. Not if America is going to achieve any of its objectives in the region.
The rise and fall of Tariq Ramadan
There has been so much news of late that stories which might once have caused a splash have sailed by all but unnoticed. One in particular seems worthy of bringing into a greater light, not least because it has been almost entirely ignored by the English-language media.
World leaders should be grateful the US is doing what’s necessary in Iran
President Trump’s address to the nation reasserted a fundamental truth: The world’s foremost sponsor of terror — the Iranian Revolutionary Government — should never be allowed nuclear weapons…
Can the chaps in chaps smash fascism?
I have spent a small portion of my time lately wondering what I would do if I thought communists were about to take over our country. At the more civil end of things, I could see myself going on an anti-communist protest, though I would shrink away if I noticed that my fellow marchers were […]
We all need to take steps to break the social media addiction
Do you find social media addictive? If so then, you might be up for a multi-million dollar pay-out.
How to brainwash the British public
During the Cold War I am fairly certain that films, TV dramas and other popular entertainment did not remain silent on the threat posed by the Soviets. In fact my memory from those times was that popular culture was filled with Russian baddies, drunken homosexualist double–agents and great western super-heroes who were intent on taking […]