How we settle political disagreements in our family
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‘Only later, when the children are in bed, do we squabble in hushed tones about Joseph de Maistre or the Russian Civil War’
Ben Sixsmith
Monday
Thursday
Cuckoo Q: are the QAnon crowd as crazy as they seem?
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Where we go one, we go off the deep end
Tuesday
In many ways, Andrew Cuomo is just a metaphor
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In his DNC address, the New York governor was more interested in what sounds right than what is right
Thursday
Sarah Cooper isn’t funny
From our US edition
Her lip-syncing videos elicit a lot of what Donald Glover called ‘clapter’. That’s not really comedy
Wednesday
Rich people are struggling during COVID, too
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The average age in the Hamptons has to be well over 50 so the Hinge market was a disappointment
Friday
The allure of child trafficking conspiracy theories
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Why the hysteria is worth challenging
Tuesday
The two faces of Polish rebellion
The narrowness of President Andrzej Duda’s victory in this weekend’s Polish presidential elections, where he defeated Rafał Trzaskowski, the Mayor of Warsaw, by less than 2 per cent, was God’s gift to opinion commentators. What with Brexit, Trump et cetera we can write 800-1200 words about a nation being ‘divided’ and ‘polarised’ in our sleep.
Tuesday
Kanye West and the uncancelables
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It’s hard not to admire people who get rich and say whatever they want
Thursday
Thank you, Ron Johnson!
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No more will the tyranny of extra federal holidays threaten the United States
Tuesday
Viral justice and the demented war on Karens
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In practice, calling someone a Karen is just an excuse to abuse a middle-aged woman
Friday
Conservatives talk about cancel culture too much
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The right has never managed to adapt to not being the establishment
Monday
I hate the Nineties
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The Nineties began in hope but ended in disaster
Thursday
In defense of CHAZ
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For radical leftists to establish their own territory is, frankly, refreshing
Monday
America’s riots could be contagious
It’s kind of amazing. For weeks we have been arguing about the minute details of viral transmission. Can you be outside? How often can you be outside? Can you be with other people? How many? And how much distance should you keep from each other? Then masses of people gather in cities across the world
Friday
Poland is having its own 'Dominic Cummings moment'
Kazik Staszewski, a grizzled 57-year-old, does not look like the kind of singer who would top the charts. Nor does his recent accordion-heavy song ‘Your Pain Is Better Than Mine’ sound like the kind of song that sells. Nonetheless, the song took Poland by storm, topping the Radio Three charts and racking up millions of
Tuesday
What makes Joe Rogan so successful?
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No single factor explains it
Wednesday
Who’s afraid of the boogaloo?
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Incitements to civil war, no matter how ironic, can be troubling. But state overreactions to perceived extremists tend to be worse
Wednesday
The ‘new normal’ in a time of coronavirus
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With virtual reality we can not only visit London, New York and Paris, but make them better
Friday
An autopsy of the Intellectual Dark Web
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Two years on from Bari Weiss ’ s New York Times essay, there are still several unanswered questions
Tuesday
Dave Rubin’s ode to the so-called ‘independent thinker‘
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Don’t Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason by Dave Rubin reviewed
