Rousseau

Book Review

What caused the French Revolution?

Robert Darnton argues that there was no clear line of causality, but the emergence of a revolutionary temper

Ruth Scurr

Democracy by numbers

It seems plausible that a small democracy is more intelligent and more wisely ruled than a modern mass one like America

Chilton Williamson, Jr.

Why globalism is the enemy of freedom

Like The Wizard of Oz, it is all show and no substance

Roger Kimball

Who needs Jordan Peterson when we have Ferdinand Mount?

You will by now doubtless be familiar with the University of Toronto academic Jordan Peterson. He’s the unlikely YouTube star and scourge of political correctness whose book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos has become a worldwide bestseller, beloved of serious young men seeking intellectual challenge and good old-fashioned fatherly advice. Summary: ‘Sort … Read more

Ian Sansom

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