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New Poetry
Three new poems.
Cartagena Poems
A sequence.
A British Subject
A new short story.
Travels with Betjeman
A reminiscence of the poet’s adventures at the BBC
Kizerman and Feigenbaum
A short story
Communism’s Comeback?
The West has missed an opportunity
Irving Kristol on Jews and Judaism
Gertrude Himmelfarb on her husband
The State of Charity
A lecture
Teeth
A short story
Judaeophobia
A lecture on the history of anti-Semitism
The Brexit crunch approaches
Thorny issues remain unresolved as the transition period comes to a close. Yet the hurdles to a deal are not insurmountable
Meritocracy makes a new ruling class
Innovation has often come from hard work by unlettered people. But young progressives now seem to treat education as a proxy for virtue
Some black lives matter more than others
Black Lives Matter misses the point—we should highlight the progress we have made, not split society and trap ourselves in victimhood