Saul Bellow Saw It Coming

Readers today have no contemporary novelist of urban life to turn to—so back to Bellow it is.




Thursday, 7 October 2021

America Is Running Out of Everything

The global supply chain is slowing down at the very moment when Americans are demanding that it go into overdrive.



Desperate China Backflips on Australian Coal

A bitter trade dispute between China and Australia helped spark a coal shortage — and now Beijing has been forced into a backflip.



Victor Davis Hanson

‘Open Borders,’ ‘Globalism,’ ‘Tribalism’ are reminiscent of Rome’s collapse.



Wednesday, 6 October 2021

MIT Abandons Its Mission. And Me.

Let’s make sure my cancellation is the last. That begins by standing up and saying no to the mob.



Mick Jagger Went to a Dive Bar in Charlotte and Literally Everybody Missed Him

One of the world‘s most recognizable men walked into a beer joint and nobody recognized him. Here is how that happened, according to the people who were there and the owner who‘s mad that he wasn't.



What Animals Think of Death

Having a concept of death, far from being a uniquely human feat, is a fairly common trait in the animal kingdom.



Woke’s Most Poisonous Twist

The return of segregation as one American university hires 82 diversity officers -costing £7.5million.



New Zealand Drops 'Zero-COVID' Strategy

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern said her aim was never to record zero cases but to stamp out the virus effectively.