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America, look at Sweden and beware the chaos of uncontrolled immigration

Sweden has moved from a peaceful paradise to the country with the second-most bombings in any country in the world not at war, writes columnist Douglas Murray.

The Freedom to Offend

In 2006, Christopher Hitchens gave a brave, ‘blasphemous’ speech on Islam that resonates with even greater power today.

The ECHR puts the rights of terrorists ahead of Britain’s security

The latest report into the Troubles is based on a worrying premise

Who put the toddlers in charge?

These are people who have never been told ‘no’ and have gone through their adult lives behaving as such

Why do clueless Hamas supporters keep getting away with disruptive protests? Arrest them!

The 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

In 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.

The war in the Middle East has barely begun

What we have seen in Gaza is merely an opening skirmish. The real showdown will be with Tehran

The biggest question of another Trump presidency is: Who will work for him?

If 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 will, it will be a fourth term of Barack Obama politics, domestically and internationally. But Trump? Does anyone know what Trump will do?

The Men Who Were Worthy of Athens

In fifth-century BCE Greece, Pericles gave a speech on the sacrifices of war—and the heroes who deserve ‘the noblest of all tombs.’

The sinister tactics of Hope Not Hate

All that the geniuses at HNH had to do was sit at home eating crisps and screen-shotting tweets

Shocking double standard of support for Ukraine and Israel

“The Ukrainians must stop fighting in case they defeat Putin.” Have you heard any of our leaders say that in the last two years? In Washington, London and every other Western capital, political leaders are not saying that they will stick with Israel until it defeats Hamas.

‘I Built the Railroads Under Someone Else’s Whip’

As a black, gay man who spent time on two crosses, James Baldwin gave a devastating speech on the American dream.