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Ever since the atrocities in Israel more than two weeks ago, I have had one main thought. Yes, Israel has its problems. But we also have ours. Subsequent weeks have borne that instinct out.

All eras have a siren call. One that is now growing in our own day is the idea that America can withdraw from the world. And it’s coming from the right.

WILL people ever wake up? That’s the question some of us have wondered for decades now. Facts that have been staring us in the face have been ignored. Fantasies that shouldn’t have been entertained have been flattered.

There are times when you wonder how history happened. And other times when you realise how it did. The past two weeks have been one such time.

Clive James describes the devilishly delightful feeling of seeing another author fail.

There are times when you wonder how history happened. And other times when you realise how it did. The past two weeks have been one such time.

The protests we are seeing have nothing to do with Israel and everything to do with problems here at home

Across this country there has been an outburst of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish hate. And it isn’t from gnarled old bigots of the type Hollywood would paint. It is from youngest people in the country. From the youngest members of Congress. From the youngest people on campus. And from people like Mika who think they’re radically […]

Israel is the only country in the world which is expected to accept with equanimity the mutilation of its citizenry.

Sometimes a flare goes up in the darkness and you can see where everyone is standing. That has certainly been the case since the appalling massacres in Israel last Saturday.

A passage from the Bible reminds us that the line between peace and horror is alarmingly thin.

Elon Musk’s fortune has not been amassed through him taking great chunks of ‘me time’. And while his domestic life may have been tricky at times, that probably comes as part of the built-in price.