Political Correctness

‘Turkey’s membership would mean a European Union bordering on Iraq and Syria’

Luke Johnson, entrepreneur and business commentator, discusses terrorism’s growing menace with historian Michael Burleigh and Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson

Standpoint‘s Mole in the BBC exposes an organisation where inexperience is king and managers hate to judge

‘I have finished yet another round of talks at universities. I am both impressed and disheartened’

Sarah Palin’s selection as John McCain’s running mate aroused unprecedented rage and delight, especially among women – but why?

‘Is there an absolute measure to settle the argument on limits of freedom of speech? No. Each law-making democracy must decide for itself’

‘In the trendy liberal’s bumper book of stereotypes, the term middle class does not describe who we are: industrious, law-abiding and tax-paying’

‘Airing the truth is not the same as concocting a lie; but neither must be made impossible’

Nothing to Lose by Lee Child

Starbucks is the symbol of American capitalism, but it’s principle product was first brought to the West by an Islamic empire