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David Foster Wallace on Infinite Things

The great novelist told the class of 2005: Education isn’t about success. It’s about humility.

Beware the Qataris

It’s troubling that Britain should have welcomed the leadership of a sordid, terrorist-supporting statelet

How to get on the housing ladder

I just can’t see how any person in their twenties or thirties is expected to get on the property ladder

We should be thankful that the future is in Trump’s hands — and not Harris’

The 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” and then burst out weeping.

‘We Shall Win the Tomorrows Before Us’

Six days after JFK was assassinated, LBJ brought hope to a broken nation with a powerful Thanksgiving address.

Britain’s failing statecraft

‘I can’t emphasise enough what a bad idea it would be for the UN to use the transition to attack Israel’

Donald Trump’s new team is like Avengers Assemble… it’s going to be a wild ride

There have been some appointments to the team that have definitely raised eyebrows

A judge accused of sexual harassment rushes an outrageous war crime case against Israel

Should the prime minister of a democratically-elected ally of the United States be allowed to visit Washington? Until now the answer was obvious. Not anymore.

Richer, safer, at peace with itself and its neighbours – what Trump might do for America and the world

The US election has resulted in meltdowns among global progressives. But don’t fall for the Left’s caricature of the returning president

The Last Words of Alexei Navalny

‘If they decide to kill me, it means that we are incredibly strong.’

Welcome to life on Planet Elon

If the world’s most successful entrepreneur is on your side it’s hard to be portrayed as ‘losers’

Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the ‘Strange Death’ of Europe

Thursday’s mob in Amsterdam, which viciously attacked Israeli soccer fans, is a reminder of how little has changed in two decades—and what must be done.