Thursday, 4 August 2022

Bristol Festival is Too ‘White and Middle Class’

Councillors claim harbour event ‘represents colonialism’ and celebrates ‘white boating community.’



Reality Check

Canada does NOT have the best healthcare.



Paper Tiger

Though it has achieved impressive historical growth, China’s centralized economic system is headed for trouble.



Wednesday, 3 August 2022

How Universal Are Our Emotions?

Psychologists have argued that affect is profoundly shaped by culture. They shouldn’t feel so confident.


Sunday, 31 July 2022

The Great Fall of China

Will a housing revolt, jobs crisis and ‘zero Covid’ douse the dragon’s fire?



The Beginning of the End of ‘Gender-Affirming Care?’

Britain is closing the infamous Tavistock Centre. Finland and Sweden have radically revised their treatment guidelines. But American doctors are advertising surgeries to children on TikTok.




An American Antidote to Rage

The most urgent writers of today are Ralph Ellison, Joan Didion, Thomas Pynchon, and Elizabeth Bishop.