The unbearable wokeness of the Canadian military
Veteran Dallas Alexander on the NATO member’s sensitivity obsession
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Against flakes
The new trend seems to be to accept an invitation, and then, mere hours before, to duck out of it
The lost art of the insult
As with classical opera, we’re not producing this stuff any more; instead we’re replaying old material
Why Europe can’t go it alone on Ukraine
The continent cannot afford to fund Kyiv’s war effort
Among the lords of tech
Silicon Valley is planning for the future
The bonfire of the New Right’s vanities
The grandstanding over Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes is exhausting
Why the comet 3I/Atlas still fascinates
Comets mark our progress, our sense of wonder and our fears
Marijuana legalization has been a disaster
It is high time that these sorts of reckless, devastating policies were discredited
What the Amish can teach us about tech
Like them we should ask: ‘What is this tool for and what does it make us become?’
Are we becoming post-literate?
Audio-driven content is rendering reading and writing obsolete
Beautiful interiors can’t guarantee a beautiful marriage
Every generation falls for the same trick. Why?
Can Trump control inflation?
If voters feel they are going backward, then the vaulting success of the stock market or the tech sector can feel like an insult
How the Ukrainian far right is preventing peace
If a ceasefire is signed, it is far from clear that they will lay down their arms
Why Trump is freezing out Five Eyes allies
To the White House, the alliance is a nest of ‘deep-state’ vipers
The battle for Anna Wintour’s Vogue empire
Her struggle with the company’s union has become existential
How scientists misled the world about faith
One of psychology’s seminal experiments is based on lies
Has QAnon been vindicated?
The online movement has, obliquely, been the best guide to events over the past decade
It’s the cost of living, stupid
The MAGA agenda will only succeed if Americans feel material relief
What would Buckley do?
Will his like ever come again?
Is MAGA cracking up?
A year after Trump’s reelection, is his coalition starting to implode?
Andrew Cuomo was the spoiler, not me
Curtis Sliwa reflects on the New York mayoral race
Trump’s Oddjob: the rise of Steven Cheung
The White House communications director saves his harshest vitriol for the press