Rearmament is a noble lie

In Oracles, Magic and Witchcraft Among the Azande, one of the seminal texts of British social anthropology, E.E. Evans-Pritchard used the example of a granary which suddenly collapses, killing an unfortunate Zande tribesman, to elucidate the difference between magical and …

How Elon Musk lost the plot

I once believed that the rise of the Tech Right was going to make conservatism smarter, orienting the Right toward a future of innovation and free-market dynamism. The movement wields great influence on the second Trump administration, most notably in …

Why Starmer is right about terrorism

When Keir Starmer warned that Britain faces a “new threat” and that “terrorism has changed” since the Southport massacre, he was taken to task by several prominent counter-terrorism experts. The threat posed by Axel Rudakubana wasn’t new, they insisted, pointing …

Is Trump engineering a crash?

Will a trade war make America great again? Not if you listen to most economists. Conventional theory argues that tariffs raise prices and therefore reduce consumption. In addition to raising prices, tariffs slow economic growth — thus risking stagflation. And, …