With Syrian rebels storming Aleppo, reigniting a civil war widely presumed to be over, Donald Trump’s appointment of Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence is more controversial than ever. Rumours are swirling that the outspoken Gabbard is incapable of …
American politics will be born again
Whenever I return to Britain from the United States, I am always struck by the compactness of the landscape. The tidy square fields, the orderly rows of homes with little gardens, the narrow ribbons of road curving between hedgerows, small …
What Is This Song REALLY All About #Queen #Bohemian #Rhapsody / Hugo Talks
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How Use That RSS Thing – #SolutionsWatch
Have you heard James talking about “that RSS thing” but don’t know how to start using it? Well, this episode of #SolutionsWatch is for you!
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Europe’s techno-populist nightmare
As Ursula von der Leyen begins her second term as President of the European Commission, she does so as a colossus, enjoying sweeping authority over the European Union and its 450 million inhabitants. The Empress rules a bloc that’s undemocratic …
Trump could make education great again
Linda McMahon’s nomination to head the Department of Education was a characteristic move from Donald Trump, host of The Apprentice, who ended every episode with the words “You’re fired!”. McMahon, who co-founded the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) is no stranger …
How Trump can make education great again
Linda McMahon’s nomination to head the Department of Education was a characteristic move from Donald Trump, host of The Apprentice, who ended every episode with the words “You’re fired!”. McMahon, who co-founded the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) is no stranger …
Hamas is not invincible
It has become conventional wisdom in Washington that Hamas will survive no matter how hard it is pummelled by Israel. Leaders will fall; new leaders will rise. Hamas’s ties to the Palestinian people will sustain it regardless of the horrors …
December Open Thread (2024)
It’s the first day of December, so let’s start the monthly open thread.
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We Are the Land
The UK farmers are protesting against an inheritance tax that is forcing them to sell off land or the entire farm. But this goes deeper than “just” higher food prices and governmental […]
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Angela Merkel: mother of German decline
“Merkel-Nostalgie” has swept a Germany grappling with war, a tanking economy and a collapsed government. The former German chancellor’s autobiography sold 35,000 copies on the day of publication, and Berliners queued for hours to have her sign their copies. As …
What remains of Churchill’s England?
Twee tea towels; tubby Toby jugs; cigar-puffing cosplayers. Churchill’s apotheosis surely ranks among the most odd developments in British cultural life. He has grown so larger-than-life that one in five teens thinks he’s a fictional character. And for some, moist-eyed …
Trump stole tariffs from the Democrats
Recent speculation that Donald Trump’s billionaire cabinet would lead to a more orthodox consensus on global trade came to halt earlier this week, when Trump promised new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. Though eager to be in Trump’s good …
Interview 1916 – The Mushroom Cloud and the Social Contract on Declare Your Independence
James and Ernie discuss a new idea for activists to seed into the public consciousness: the (fictional) social contract will spontaneously combust in the wake of a mushroom cloud.
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Ireland’s liberal fantasy
Ireland has a strange effect on the English. A fantasy land so near and yet so far; at once foreign and, in some intangible sense, never entirely so. “Lonely in Ireland, since it was not home,” reflected Philip Larkin in …