How to restore civility in politics
Shrink state power so radically that policy disagreements would be akin to flyweight arguments over the merits of Coke vs Pepsi
Life
Tuesday
Friday
Cardinal virtues
The Next Pope: The Leading Cardinal Candidates by Edward Pentin reviewed
Wednesday
A ticket to Rye
Rye encapsulates a quintessential sort of Englishness: creative yet conservative, cultural yet parochial
Sunday
Trekking towards the future
In an economy that favors black economic empowerment, Afrikaners now struggle to find their footing
Wednesday
Yard envy
Lockdown has cruelly exposed my shortcomings
Monday
The weaponization of whining
A crack in The Narrative? A glimmer of sanity? Maybe. Well, not really
Sunday
We’re all thought criminals now
If someone is accused of being racist or transphobic they are rarely given a chance to defend themselves
Wednesday
Flavors of the past
Visiting Uzbekistan is a huge adventure
Tuesday
Stargazing under lockdown
The late great American astronomer Leslie Peltier was onto something
Custard and coffee
Lisbon is the perfect weekend destination to do very little
Saturday
No smokes without buyer
Hunting cigarettes up I-95
Tuesday
Can COVID-19 tell whether a protest is progressive?
Clearly the virus targets especially working-class and middle-class workplaces and industries…
Wednesday
Horrors of the plantation
Former slaves who worked for wages still had to buy food from the plantation shop: they were trapped
A June election in Genesee County
We will learn once more that ’tis better to be a flower-seeker than a power-seeker
Sunday
It’s the eschatology, stupid
What should Christians think about the pandemic?
Tuesday
Czar quality
Under the czars and the communists, Georgia was where Russians went to party
Keeping up with the Santorums
Lockdown in Virginia with the former senator’s huge family
Sunday
Back to the future
How the post-pandemic world could resemble the 1950s
Monday
Texas or Hell
‘You can go to Hell, but I am going to Texas,’ said Davy Crockett. I think he had a point
Wednesday
Ghost riders in the sky
In Lavenham, American history is unlocked by a pint of fine English ale
