Liz Truss is the worst possible figurehead for small state, small ‘c’ conservatism. She did nothing to reduce state spending - Corbyn would have been proud of her £40bn energy package - or tackle immigration. She has put the small state, low tax agenda back by years.

Thanks to the “don’t” doctrine, Iran has established a new status quo: it can fire scores of rockets and drones at an American ally and emerge materially unscathed. Me in City Journal city-journal.org/article/bidens…

Very proud of Tim Snyder here - and his work @JacksonYale and in the public sphere -

The only exit strategy in the fight for freedom from terror and slavery is winning. Because the bad guys don’t stop when you leave; they see you are weak and keep taking more.

A chess world champion could manage Western foreign policy far better than almost all politicians can.

This interview is unbelievable - an absolute disgrace. Why is everybody’s response to state that Gideon Falter is looking to cause trouble, instead of saying that his individual rights were violated? Since I do not look ‘openly Jewish’, I would presumably have been allowed to

🧵 A few days ago, to little fanfare, organizers from the Yale and Columbia's "Liberated Encampment Zones" published this guide containing 14 points that explains the protestors' strategy in the weeks and months to come. The guide was endorsed by the National Students for

If you think the Metropolitan police’s handling of antisemitism has been woefully insufficient and allows potentially violent crowds to march through London every week, then sign this petition to make sure this is not allowed to continue. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/rowl…

Can we all just acknowledge that antisemitism has not just crept in from the margins of politics, but since 10/7 it has leaped to the mainstream. Not all critics of Israel are antisemites. But far too many people provide cover for the raw antisemitism which gets spewed by the

A razor for arguments that some nation is committing genocide against some people: Does the argument made against it apply equally well to what Sherman did in Georgia or the Allies did in Germany? (If so, it’s not genocide, since it’s essential to that concept that it be

Josh Ellis Love that you *start* this thought experiment with an imaginary drug that cost 5 dollars to make. Completely ignoring the billions of dollars in collective man-hours and labor it took to research, develop, and trial this “$5 drug” (and the 50 other drugs that failed, and the 50

The rescue of four Israeli hostages in Gaza, freed from the terrorists of Hamas by the ingenuity and courage of the Israeli army, is an incredible moment, and there are people on here - journalists and prominent commentators - who are gutted about it.

Fun fact: If you are keeping civilian hostages in your home, you become a military target under international law and it’s entirely reasonable to kill you! If this sounds unappealing, don’t hold hostages in your home!

What have we just watched! A performance/lecture/ode to Goethe’s Faust by Nikolas Krusek, bringing the drama to life. Don’t miss the recording when it goes out in ARI’s channel. #OCON2024 highlight for me.

Nothing about Biden’s performance tonight was surprising. He was the same as he has been for the past 12-18 months: clearly too old to be president. What is interesting is that left and center-left media is now, suddenly, comfortable admitting it.

Last night was more than a catastrophe for Biden. It was a catastrophe for an entire class of experts, journalists, and pundits, who have, since 2020, insisted that Biden was sharp as a tack, on top of his game, basically doing handstands while peppering his staff with tough

Russell Brand has come full circle.

Not exactly the mindset that built America.