You may have missed it. Thursday, January 21 at 9.21 p.m. This was the twenty-first minute of the twenty-first hour of the twenty-first day of the twenty-first year of the twenty-first century. I would say that the chances are good that I will not be around for 10.22 p.m. on…

Some leaders are hard to follow. Despite important differences, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump shared the habit of ignoring the details of policies, while enjoying the hustle of campaigning. Boris secured power by promising to ‘get Brexit done,’ while Donald promised resentful white Americans that he could ‘make America great…

Nadine Dorries demonstrates. Towards the end of her public letter resigning from the House of Commons, Nadine Dorries describes the UK’s Parliament as a ‘Zombie Parliament.’ This underlines the emotional tone of her parting shot at Rishi Sunak. Earlier this year, I analysed Dominic Raab’s letter of resignation. How To Write A Resignation Letter If you are Dominic Raabmedium.com Despite spending…

The US has a written constitution and many conservatives cherish the document, but they need to read all of it and apply it equally. Only recently did it emerge that the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution should act as a bar against Donald Trump running for president a second time. …

Its toxins are visible around the world. Conservative populism is resurgent across the planet and while it is tempting to see this as proof that too many people remain uneducated, ignorance alone is insufficient explanation. Erdogan. Meloni. Modi. Orban. Putin. Sunak. Trump. This partial list is already long and what…

A never-ending story — Special Counsel Jack Smith has indicted former President Trump on the basis of evidence secured by his investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election. There are effectively four charges against the former president and unnamed co-conspirators, and probably the most tactically interesting aspect of the…

I fear he may be understating things. Not everyone believes me when I observe that Donald Trump is a master rhetorician. But that’s because they mistake rhetoric for eloquence. Barack Obama was eloquent; to such an extent, that he seemed to prove that one lasting legacy of Martin Luther King…

The Republican Party is no longer the Party of Lincoln, no longer the Party of Eisenhower; it’s even struggling to be the Party of Reagan. Here’s a history that rhymes. Political parties are complicated organizations and almost always coalitions. Sometimes internal party divisions are as deep and significant as any…

Languages encase us. They do not set us free.