No doubt there’s also an article from Christopher Hitchens, describing Putin as a peacemaker, and one from Peter Oborne, praising Hamas. (View Post)

Harris may well win but the idea that Trump is being boosted by junk polling is a dangerous delusion. Good pollsters (Sienna, Emerson, Atlas, Fox/Beacon, etc) are showing swings to Trump. Little reli… (View Post)

So does a section of the US left (eg the New Yorker). In each case, they’re treating the UK as phantom version of what the US will become, if their opponents get elected. (View Post)

Being well-educated does not make anybody virtuous, nor does it mean they possess good judgment. (View Post)

Something I’ve never understood is how the Moghul Empire fell apart so swiftly. It was one of the world’s great powers in 1700. It was in free fall by 1720, and Nadir Shah destroyed the last of its p… (View Post)