It’s spellbinding! Riveting! A triumphant tour de force!
Books are about to become a little less “Spellbinding!”, “Stunning!” and “Compelling!”. Fewer still will offer a “tour de for...
RFK junior and Tulsi Gabbard, set to sail through a cowed Senate
TWO OF Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet choices appear to be heading for confirmation after winning critical Senate ...
Speeches in Britain’s Parliament are getting shorter—and worse
The problem is the Post-its. Many criticisms have been made of prime minister’s questions (pmqs). It has been called “boorish...
Elon Musk is shredding America’s government as he did Twitter
JUST PAST midnight on February 3rd Elon Musk appeared on X to explain what he is doing to the federal government. He had to s...
Warlord, jihadi or nation-builder?
In his first interview since assuming the Syrian presidency on January 29th, Ahmed al-Sharaa sat down with The Economist and ...
The Trump tariff saga offers Canada’s Liberals a lifeline
When Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as prime minister on January 6th, his Liberal Party was as unpopular as it has ...
Donald Trump and Japan’s Ishiba Shigeru make for an odd couple
IN HIGH SCHOOL, Ishiba Shigeru joined the golf club. But he abandoned the sport after entering politics. The elitist hobby di...
Germany’s election campaign is creating a security risk
IN FEBRUARY 2022, three days after Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, Olaf Scholz, Germany’s chancellor, declared a generational...
British “equal value” lawsuits have become an absurd denial of markets
The decision came, as awkward news tends to, late on a Friday. The employment court had been asked to rule not so much on mat...
Japan could finally face its own
Unlike its neighbour South Korea, Japan has not had a vociferous #MeToo movement. Is that now changing? Last year a newspaper...