Liberalism
Francis Fukuyama on Ukraine, liberalism and identity politics
This week, Sam Leith spoke to Francis Fukuyama – the author of ‘The End of History and the Last Man’ and…
The Pope’s merciless war against the Old Rite
I am going to have to boil this down as crudely as I can, because it’s a complex subject with a…
Starmer will regret his submission to liberal intolerance
Keir Starmer obviously regrets visiting Jesus House last week because of the furore it has caused in his own party.…
The left’s illiberal turn
In the House of Lords this week, Baroness Jenny Jones of the Green party said she thought that a way…
On liberalism
Certain parts of academia seem to wish to turn the study of classics away from a historical, language- and evidence-based…
The rise and fall of Netflix
In 2010, Jeff Bewkes, then CEO of Time Warner, was asked if he thought Netflix had any chance of taking…
The fight for liberalism
The world has many island nations, and sometimes the United States counts itself among them. We have water on either side of us,…
The soggification of the Liberal Democrats
I was never afraid of Jeremy Corbyn, never afraid of Momentum. I’ve never really feared Britain’s hard left at all.…
Is liberalism really a mental illness?
Conservative pundits like Michael Savage and Mark Dice like to ruffle feathers by claiming that liberalism is a mental disorder.…
Are liberal conservatives now history?
It was a luminous late August sunset, and we were in France, dining outdoors with some friends who have a…
Where can patriotic Americans find America?
If we’ve confirmed anything in 2020, it is that liberal-progressives really do control the major influencers in America. This puts…
A question of tolerance
Our public figures must rediscover the true spirit of liberty
Will coronavirus revive liberalism — or deliver it a fatal blow?
Politicians, said the historian A.J.P. Taylor, do not create the current of events. They can only float along with them…
The weak response to coronavirus is a symptom of the decay of the liberal state
This article is in The Spectator’s April 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. If COVID-19 spreads in the United States…
Autocracy tempered by strangulation
It’s hard to tell at times who came off worst in Romanov Russia — the tsar or his subjects, says Adam Zamoyski
Faith in freedom
What’s wrong with calls for an ‘Islamic Reformation’
After the Tea Party
America’s right wing is becoming a lot more like Britain’s
The fight for our lives
If the Assisted Dying Bill goes through, how will we stop terminally ill people from feeling pressured to hasten their own deaths?
It’s not hate that Caitlin Moran can’t stand. It’s being disagreed with
Rod Liddle 10 August 2013 9:00 am
Hell, it’s been tough, but I think I’ve pulled through. I went out this morning to buy some cigarettes and…