Open Season
Who is Pride for?
‘A message of liberation has lost out to the more commercially viable demands for inclusion and recognition of ever-more niche identities’
Baked-in bias
‘Once social media entities become publishers, any political bias already present will be baked in’
The lost Eden of academia
‘It wasn’t difficult to persuade my son that academic life had lost its attractions’
The end of growth
‘The great classical economists all thought that economic growth would eventually cease. The prediction seems to be coming true’
Misperceptions and mistaken policies
‘Under Trump, the US has lost its ability to conduct statecraft: in North Korea it has made a dangerous situation worse’
London doesn’t need another Holocaust memorial
‘London does not need a new Holocaust memorial in the shadow of Parliament. It already has a very moving one in Hyde Park’
Marie Colvin’s myth
‘Marie Colvin created herself in the image of the ideal war correspondent. She crafted a one-of-the-boys persona: she was tougher than the toughest’
Along the rocky road
‘Although Jews like to say that they are exceptionally argumentative, their internal bickering is little different from many other narrow communities’
Britain’s obsession with Latin verse still lingers
‘Like a strict dress code, or refined form of dance, the myriad rules of ancient versification prove to be liberating’
Irish realities
‘A new book on Brexit illustrates our great problem with Ireland: our ignorance of its self-pity’
The slippery slope to death by doctor’s order
The Royal College of Physicians’ decision to end its opposition to assisted dying is morally indefensible and gives a green light to activists
The road to hell for the mentally incapacitated
The weasel words of disability rights may be well-intentioned, but they mask institutional cruelty and deprive caring parents of their say