Kenneth Minogue
ONLINE ONLY: Send in the Clowns
UKIP have challenged the internationalist assumptions of the political elite. Will they succeed?
Why Shouldn’t I Cheat? Everybody Else Does
England no longer expects every man to do — or even to know — his duty, and corruption is creeping into our moral culture
The Rise of Rights and the Fall of Man
Healthy societies have an inbuilt sense of how things are and ought to be. But we have abandoned common sense, integrity and virtue
Slaves of the Bonus Culture
The demise of the professions is having a profound impact, starting with the disappearance of integrity in public life
To Hell with Niceness
The spread of political ‘compassion’ has led to the breakdown of family and school discipline. The results have been catastrophic
Elie Kedourie
Kenneth Minogue recalls the great Anglo-Iraqi scholar who was both amused and outraged by the folly of intellectuals
Carrying water for freedom
Hong Kong’s protestors are brave and, so far, successful. The Chinese Communist Party leadership must be kicking itself
Discussions with a stone wall
Britain’s main gay rights organisation is risking its own future by adopting gender self-ID as its new cause
In the heartlands of white-flag academia
When I tried to find out why my pro-Brexit article was turned down I was rebuffed — showing the intellectual conformism of universities