Open Season
The end of growth
‘The great classical economists all thought that economic growth would eventually cease. The prediction seems to be coming true’
Misperceptions and mistaken policies
‘Under Trump, the US has lost its ability to conduct statecraft: in North Korea it has made a dangerous situation worse’
London doesn’t need another Holocaust memorial
‘London does not need a new Holocaust memorial in the shadow of Parliament. It already has a very moving one in Hyde Park’
Marie Colvin’s myth
‘Marie Colvin created herself in the image of the ideal war correspondent. She crafted a one-of-the-boys persona: she was tougher than the toughest’
Along the rocky road
‘Although Jews like to say that they are exceptionally argumentative, their internal bickering is little different from many other narrow communities’
Britain’s obsession with Latin verse still lingers
‘Like a strict dress code, or refined form of dance, the myriad rules of ancient versification prove to be liberating’
Irish realities
‘A new book on Brexit illustrates our great problem with Ireland: our ignorance of its self-pity’
The new McCarthyism
‘By far the worst censors and McCarthyites are the transgender activists and their allies. There are any number of men on the Left who are happy to see women silenced and bullied for not toeing the party line’
No, Jeremy Corbyn
‘Sometimes I would just like to be a mere citizen — an actress, not a Jewish actress’
Tempering tyranny
“What did Tocqueville fear more than tyrants and majorities? Democratic despotism”
China has a strategy and Britain doesn’t
A roadmap to better relations requires realism. Beijing’s interests and goals are openly stated—if you know where to look
The plague
Standpoint goes to press as the pandemic rages. So too does the search for blame and the political fall-out
Defeat begets defeat for Britain’s cloth-eared Left
The censorious culture of the liberal Left is hostile to freedom of expression. The fate of the trans-rights movement evinces this pointless politics