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Cowards vs culture

It seems that if you believe in a cause, it is now permissible to just rush to the nearest museum and slash away

All eyes should be on Al Jazeera for being founded, funded – and directed – by terrorists

Considering how much attention the American media get, it’s amazing that one piece of actual, unbelievable subversion keeps going on.

The Indispensability of Men

For Father’s Day, a tribute to Camille Paglia’s brilliant, unapologetic defense of masculinity.

The trouble with calling everyone ‘far right’

In the week before the European elections, I did not hear the sound of jackboots anywhere

Labour’s ride into office may be smooth but their big promises with little detail mean our future won’t be

Starmer is desperate not to do it is to say or promise anything that might scare off the low-energy voter

Young voters are leaning Republican as Dems try to sell themselves as the ‘cool’ thing

New polling shows young voters in the US are shrugging off their habit of voting left and actually thinking of voting Republican in November.

Why Forgiveness Matters

In a 1964 speech, Hannah Arendt argued that unburdening ourselves from the past is what allows us—and others—to experience freedom.

Britain is an anachronism as the world goes right

Already the continent is full of leaders who the left say we should have no dealings with

Europe is drifting to the right and this week’s EU elections will prove that – and here’s how it could happen here

Voters across Europe are fed up with being told not to notice mass immigration or not to object

D-Day is a reminder that the US can’t retreat into isolationist self-blame

The success of the Normandy landings and the whole pincer movement from East and West to destroy Nazi fascism once and for all was an allied effort.

‘You Must Punish the Foes Within Your Gates’

In the fourth century BC, the great orator Demosthenes gave a speech about democracy that still holds true today.

The right must unite

The Conservative party is one of the only political parties whose leader seems to rather dislike its own voters