COVID, lockdown and the retreat of scientific debate
Error-strewn attacks in the British Medical Journal show what awaits academics who challenge prevailing views
Time for conservatives to fall out of love with the suburbs
Left-wing McMansionites are making it impossible to build good housing
The Taliban learn just how hard governing Afghanistan is
A civil war America is thankfully no longer a part of
Italy’s anti-Green Pass movement has a new figurehead
One major problem is that pharmacies and hospitals will not cope with the spike in test demands
British MP David Amess killed at constituency surgery
Boris Johnson leads tributes to ‘one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics’
Rotten Tomatoes and the cultural gap between critics and audiences
Dave Chappelle’s special shows just how wide it can be
Woke California bans boys and girls toy sections
The sinking state tries to erase gender, the human race’s most instinctive feature
British oddsmakers: Trump favorite to win in 2024
Does the former president really have a 21 percent chance of victory?
Watch: Ben & Jerry’s excruciating Israel interview
It’s hard to be consistent in a profit-making world
What’s wrong with Kamala Harris?
Something is not right with the woman who is one heartbeat away from the presidency
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Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout reviewed
Folk music is still very much alive and kicking
Musics Lost and Found: Song Collectors and the Life and Death of Folk Tradition by Michael Church reviewed
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The link between spick and span, spanking and spoon
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If the Croc fits
The most unflattering shoe to come to market in generations is now ubiquitous among disaffected youth
Hunter Biden, artist of modern life
Without vision, training or talent, Hunter Biden deigns to glue his crippling jewels onto the back of our society
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