Homework for the climate strikers
Does scientific evidence support the notion that ‘the Earth is dying’?
The legal war of attrition against Brexit
We are evolving a system of government in which it is money and judicial opinion which ultimately matters
The lazy assertion that Hurricane Dorian is caused by climate change
Rick Scott is right to suggest we don’t know the cause of a recent run of hurricanes
Whining about equal pay will damage women’s soccer
Megan Rapinoe seems quite happy with pay inequality when it works in her favor
The media’s exploitation of this photograph shames the West
The publicization of an image of a drowned father and his daughter breaches the dignity of the deceased
The Rory Stewart delusion
If you want to practice big tent politics you have to offer at least something to everyone you want to entice into it
Could a global recession be around the corner?
The omens for the economy are not good
Trump has made America less racist
Anti-black and anti-Hispanic prejudice has declined since 2016, new study shows
A booming economy makes Trump look wiser than his detractors
It is going to take a hell of a heave for a Democrat to push him out of the White House
What British voters must be offered in a second referendum
The growing mood in Britain is that the country wants Brexit over and done with.
Looking for a guilt-free vegetable? Good luck with that
Why everything from avocados to quinoa and almonds aren’t as environmentally friendly as you think
May’s delay has made a leadership challenge more likely
It has become a received wisdom that the British PM has somehow has stayed the executioner’s axe. Yet the opposite is true
Why Donald Trump is right about California’s fires
Sorry Neil Young, but better forest management would help control the blazes
Half the world is middle class
War zones apart, people are getting richer almost everywhere in the world
Trump’s new trade deal with Canada and Mexico shouldn’t surprise you
He is a disruptor, a practitioner of creative destruction. And he works fast, with little delay between the destruction and the reconstruction phase
Trump is right: G7 food markets are deeply protectionist
In Donald Trump’s dealings with Kim Jong-un it is possible to decipher a strategy of creative destruction: stir things up,…
The truth about London knife crime – and the prejudice with which the world listens to Trump
I would love to undertake a behavioural experiment in which a cohort of the public were asked to watch Donald…
Are you a winner or a loser in Trump’s trade war?
China’s imposition today of tariffs on 128 imports from the US was inevitable – and is no doubt exactly the…
Sod the Second Amendment
I just wonder how many more school massacres it will take before four words, which I am sure are already…
Trumponomics is working
As Donald Trump makes his State of the Union address this evening his many opponents have an increasingly large problem:…
Donald Trump is right: the sale of the US embassy was a bad deal
The anti-Trump forces have been having a field day on Twitter with the hashtag #ICancelledMyTriptoLondon – poking fun at Donald…
New York’s fight against the oil giants is political posturing at its worst
Was there ever a more pathetic piece of political posturing than the attempt by New York mayor Bill de Blasio…
