Mark Zuckerberg’s quest for redemption
The new Facebook ‘Oversight Board’ is an attempt to prove that he is not above accountability and is responsive to criticism
Candace Owens’s book is a work of performance art
Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation by Candace Owens reviewed
The tragedy of Aaron Coleman
Coleman did a very bad thing, very recently, and seeks to have a role where his personality is relevant to thousands of lives
The Vicky Osterweil delusion
In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action by Vicky Osterweil reviewed
How we settle political disagreements in our family
‘Only later, when the children are in bed, do we squabble in hushed tones about Joseph de Maistre or the Russian Civil War’
Cuckoo Q: are the QAnon crowd as crazy as they seem?
Where we go one, we go off the deep end
In many ways, Andrew Cuomo is just a metaphor
In his DNC address, the New York governor was more interested in what sounds right than what is right
Sarah Cooper isn’t funny
Her lip-syncing videos elicit a lot of what Donald Glover called ‘clapter’. That’s not really comedy
Rich people are struggling during COVID, too
The average age in the Hamptons has to be well over 50 so the Hinge market was a disappointment
The allure of child trafficking conspiracy theories
Why the hysteria is worth challenging
Two faces of Polish rebellion
The narrow presidential election reveals a country divided
Kanye West and the uncancelables
It’s hard not to admire people who get rich and say whatever they want
Thank you, Ron Johnson!
No more will the tyranny of extra federal holidays threaten the United States
Viral justice and the demented war on Karens
In practice, calling someone a Karen is just an excuse to abuse a middle-aged woman
Conservatives talk about cancel culture too much
The right has never managed to adapt to not being the establishment
I hate the Nineties
The Nineties began in hope but ended in disaster
In defense of CHAZ
For radical leftists to establish their own territory is, frankly, refreshing
Rioting is contagious
London protesters are outraged about events in the US
Did the most polarizing man in Polish politics breach lockdown?
Across Europe, a grim sport has been made out of catching experts and authorities not following their own rules
What makes Joe Rogan so successful?
No single factor explains it
Who’s afraid of the boogaloo?
Incitements to civil war, no matter how ironic, can be troubling. But state overreactions to perceived extremists tend to be worse
The ‘new normal’ in a time of coronavirus
With virtual reality we can not only visit London, New York and Paris, but make them better
An autopsy of the Intellectual Dark Web
Two years on from Bari Weiss’s New York Times essay, there are still several unanswered questions
Fear and adrenochrome
The conspiracy theory right is addicted to crazy ideas about a drug
Dave Rubin’s ode to the so-called ‘independent thinker‘
Don’t Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason by Dave Rubin reviewed
