Articles

External links to articles Douglas Murray has written for various publications

The New York Post
14 March 2024

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.

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The Free Press
10 March 2024

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.

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The Spectator
9 March 2024

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

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The New York Post
7 March 2024

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?

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The Free Press
3 March 2024

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.’

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The Spectator
2 March 2024

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

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The New York Post
29 February 2024

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.

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The Free Press
25 February 2024

‘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.

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The Spectator
24 February 2024

The trouble with defining genocide

Either the Israelis weren’t committing genocide, or they tried to commit genocide but are bad at it. Which is it?

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The New York Post
22 February 2024

Google’s push to lecture us on diversity goes beyond AI

The future is here. And it turns out to be very, very racist. As the New York Post reported yesterday, Google’s Gemini GI image generator aims to have a lot of things. But historical accuracy is not among them.

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The Free Press
18 February 2024

Winston Churchill’s Gracious Farewell

In November 1940, the prime minister eulogized his political rival, who believed Hitler would not attack Britain.

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The Telegraph
16 February 2024

Joe Biden’s catastrophic presidency represents the final surrender of the West

America and Britain have been too sated by peace. We reward those who undermine us while neglecting true friends

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