Coronation is a ritual humiliation

As the coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla approaches, a subset of progressive opinion can’t help but vent disdain for the ancient ritual. Just Stop Oil is refusing to rule out disruptive action (we’re facing “civilisational collapse”, after all). …

The love life of JS Mill

In our age, Victorians don’t stand a chance. Even the most enlightened of them appear to us either as quaint traditionalists (at best) or unforgivable reactionaries (at worst) — snobs, bigots and misogynists, one and all. There is, however, one …

Passing Observations 160

    The International Monetary Fund says that interest rates will go back to pre-covid rates (ie. 0%). They’re wrong. (This is no time for false modesty. I’ve been right for the last three years while they’ve been consistently wrong). They say