John Phelan
No, He Can’t
The people who voted fro Obama to save Medicare and Medicaid are deluding themselves: these programmes won’t be saved by the President’s waffle
Free To Choose
We now live in the world of iDemocracy, according to Douglas Carswell, but unlimited choice in the state sector is unsustainable
A Profligate President
George W. Bush has just published a collection of essays on the financial crisis — if only he’d acted on this wisdom before the event
Overrated: Paul Krugman
The darling of the liberal intelligentsia and Nobel laureate’s plan to end the economic depression would only prolong it
The Brexit crunch approaches
Thorny issues remain unresolved as the transition period comes to a close. Yet the hurdles to a deal are not insurmountable
Meritocracy makes a new ruling class
Innovation has often come from hard work by unlettered people. But young progressives now seem to treat education as a proxy for virtue
Some black lives matter more than others
Black Lives Matter misses the point—we should highlight the progress we have made, not split society and trap ourselves in victimhood