Tue 21 May 2013
No sex talk, please,
we're studentsby Wendy Kaminer
The latest diktat from the Obama administration bizarrely treats students' sexual come-ons and flirting as sexual harassment.
What is the point of teaching the arts?by Wendy Earle
ESSAY: Too many in the UK cultural sector seek to defend arts education in terms that have nothing to do with art.
One flew over the students’ nestby Patrick Hayes
Why is the NUS so hellbent on depicting its members as mentally fragile creatures who can't cope with life?
Mon 20 May 2013
Gay marriage and the tyranny of samenessby Jon Holbrook
Barrister Jon Holbrook says equality is no longer a progressive demand but rather is used to demolish differences between people.
Does tax avoidance really ‘do evil’?by Tim Black
The political class’s war on alleged ‘tax dodgers’ like Google and Starbucks is a big fat displacement activity.
Is the EU now just a satire on itself?by Rob Lyons
The EU’s latest mad ban is revealing, suggesting it doesn’t even trust ordinary people to pour their own olive oil.
Fri 17 May 2013
A nightmare vision of the welfarist trapby Neil Davenport
A reissue of Zoe Fairbairns’ dystopian novel Benefits is a timely reminder that left-wingers weren't always such big fans of welfarism.
Don Draper: it’s time to buck your ideas upby David Bowden
In the battle of the quality American shows this spring, it’s Game of Thrones wearing the crown over Mad Men.
The Star Trek hype? It’s illogical, captain.by Tom Slater
The second instalment of JJ Abrams’ franchise reboot is more pointless popcorn than pop philosophy.
Thu 16 May 2013
The non-parochial case against the European Unionby Rob Lyons
It isn’t only Little Englanders who should rage against the undemocratic EU – so should those who care about the continent and its peoples.
What’s so liberal about rehabilitation?by Luke Gittos
Chris Grayling’s proposal to supervise offenders after they've been released from jail is authoritarian and unjust.
The right to bear
3D-printed armsby James Woudhuysen
The US authorities are armed to the teeth, and we're panicking about citizens printing out rubbish guns?
Wed 15 May 2013
St Angelina, save
us from ourselves!by Brendan O’Neill
The beatification of Angelina Jolie for writing about her mastectomy confirms that celebrity culture has reached new and hysterical heights.
Syria and the
myths of WMDby Tim Black
The West’s conventional firepower, used against regimes with WMD, is far more destructive than any WMD.
Our brains aren’t
moulded by abuseby Ken McLaughlin
So, is mental distress caused by faulty genes or by past experiences of childhood abuse? Maybe it’s neither.