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Ancient Wisdom: I Didn’t Expect to End Up in Estonia
Studying the Estonian language requires niche devotion—it’s useless anywhere else. And an extrovert here is someone who looks at your shoes rather than…
Jim Heintz
The Return of the Luddites
America and Europe used to worship innovation. Now we’re afraid of it. What happens when a civilization stops believing in progress?
Noah Smith
Greta Thunberg and Sweden’s Lost Children
My home country is the purest product of Europe’s postwar ideals: rich, safe, secular—and spiritually bankrupt.
Annika Hernroth-Rothstein
Douglas Murray: The War Israel Won—and the One the West Is Losing
Two years after October 7, Israel has defeated its enemies. The West is still surrendering to them.
Douglas Murray
Terror in Manchester—and the Future of Britain
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Brendan O’Neill, and others on the Yom Kippur attack.
Bari Weiss
The Barbarism of the Manchester Synagogue Attack
The attack on a synagogue in England was not a random atrocity. It grew like a cancer from the quiet march of Jew hatred spreading in Britain.
Brendan O’Neill
Niall Ferguson: I’ve Seen the Future of War. Europe Isn’t Ready for It.
Hundreds of drones buzzing overhead like lethal hornets, watching with unblinking eyes for targets, others descending for the kill. Soon there will be…
Niall Ferguson
Ben Shapiro on the Most Dangerous Force in America
The conservative commentator says there is a battle for society between the people who want to build and people who want to stoke envy.
Coleman Hughes
1HR 7M
Breaking History: The Invention That Changed Everything
How air-conditioning became one of the most powerful invisible forces shaping modern life.
Bari Weiss
30M
Are These Mothers Starting a Revolt in England?
After a male migrant sexually assaulted a 14-year-old local girl in Epping, the mothers of the town took to the streets. Their anger is spreading like…
Dominic Green
She Fled Repression in Hong Kong. Will the UK Betray Her?
‘They want to silence us, every one of us,’ says one activist who fears a possible extradition deal between the UK and Hong Kong. ‘They don’t want…
Frannie Block
The U.S.–EU Trade Deal Is an Embarrassment
And not just for Europe.
Tyler Cowen
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