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City of Brotherly Love needs tough love to free it from scourge of tranq

It is to get the most lethal drugs on the streets of New York and “safe-use” sites had become magnets for dealers and addicts. Such sites are fought over. Do they help addicts use safely? Or do they normalize lethal behavior?

The Biggest Threat to America’s Liberty

In 1858, Abraham Lincoln argued that our union could not survive unless we removed the ‘cancer’ that is slavery.

The game’s up for ‘anti-racist’ racism

A new generation have seen through the race-hustle of some of their elders

Up close and too personal with America’s fentanyl epidemic

It is very easy to find fentanyl in New York. The drug that in 2022 alone killed nearly 110,000 Americans is readily available right here on the streets of this city.

The Resurrection of the Body and the Immortality of the Soul

Preacher-poet John Donne gave voice to his faith with a sermon on how God will raise the dead.

In defence of forgiveness

You only have to put one step wrong to be wrong for ever

RFK’s Tribute to a Slain Hero

Hours after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Kennedy called upon a crowd to find ‘wisdom through the awful grace of God.’

The police have given up on actual crime

Last November, the Met arrested a man for criticising the number of Palestinian flags in his area

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