February 2025


Politics January 24, 2025

The real housewives of the anti-Trump resistance

They reaped the benefits of opposing the president at a time when his fortunes seemed lowest

Amber Duke

Europe January 24, 2025

We demand the truth about Britain’s grooming gangs

What we need is an implacable determination to identify the liars and remove them from office

Rod Liddle

International January 24, 2025

Panama celebrates a quarter-century’s ownership of its greatest asset

As tensions grow with China, the geostrategic implications of the canal may be even more significant than they were when Jimmy Carter signed it away

Casey Chalk

Europe January 24, 2025

Will Britain benefit from the global conservative turn?

If we look beyond Westminster, we can see that the British public is not moving to the left in line with its government

James Kanagasooriam and Patrick Flynn

Culture January 24, 2025

How game developers could kill the industry

Many creators now treat their users not as collaborators in a shared passion but as adversaries, accusing them of bigotry and hate

Doug Blair

Europe January 24, 2025

A pleasant respite from the tumult in Cambridge

It’s far from clear that Great Britain, or Europe, for that matter, can provide a sanctuary from Trump

Jacob Heilbrunn

Policy January 24, 2025

A shining light in San Francisco

In California, it’s incredibly difficult to run abstinence-only drug treatment centers. Some are trying to change that

Leighton Woodhouse

Policy January 24, 2025

Rein in the rainmakers: gambling apps aren’t going anywhere

Too many people simply can’t handle online sports betting

Peter J. Hasson

Health January 24, 2025

The dangers of ‘maladaptive daydreaming’

It might seem on the face of it that MDD can’t be screen-based malaise

Mary Wakefield

Health January 24, 2025

Bryan Johnson and the meme-ing of life

There’s a difference between living and existing

Bridget Phetasy

Politics January 24, 2025

Shooing away the ghosts of Clinton and Blair

Donald Trump didn’t just win an election last year, he performed an exorcism

Daniel McCarthy

International January 24, 2025

The Vodou kingpin behind Haiti’s latest massacre

In December Micanor Altes ordered his acolytes to gun down all old or gray-haired residents

Amy Wilentz

Education January 24, 2025

Anger management, ancient Greek-style

The first word of Western literature is the ‘rage’ of Achilles

Peter Jones