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The right cannot resist a culture war against the ‘liberal elite’, even now Nick Cohen The highest rates of Covid-19 casualties are in countries run by know-nothing populists Coronavirus – latest global updates See all our coronavirus coverage A woman holds up a placard at an anti-lockdown, anti-vaccine, anti-5G and pro-freedom protest in London, on […] More
In January 1919, an invite to present a lecture was extended to a leading German intellectual and political theorist Max Weber. The young members of Munich University’s Free Students Union had requested that he elucidate himself on the “vocation” of politics, with the added subtext of threatening to invite Weber’s nemesis, the socialist Bavarian President […] More
In a May 6 article in Forbes with the title, “Pompeo Backtracks About Wuhan Lab: The Latest In The Controversial Coronavirus Origin Theory,” Jack Brewster provides a detailed timeline of the debate relating to the hypothesis that the novel coronavirus originated in a Wuhan laboratory. The first entry in the timeline is dated January 26 […] More
American Revolution 2.0, which presents itself as bipartisan, has been assisted by far-right individuals – some with extremist links Protesters against the state’s extended stay-at-home order demonstrate in Lansing, Michigan, in April. Photograph: Seth Herald/Reuters Leaked audio recordings and online materials obtained by the Guardian reveal that one of the most prominent anti-lockdown protest groups, […] More
Mothers will be hardest hit if the economy reopens too fast Jessica Zucker With nine in 10 children out of school, it is moms who will likely be forced to stay home even if, and when, their jobs resume ‘Even in non-pandemic times, it is moms who end up adjusting their jobs for the sake […] More
Conspiracy theorists never let a crisis go to waste. When something truly terrible happens, the conspiracy theorist sets to work to determine the dark, hidden forces at work behind the scenes that have produced the crisis. Some people might see God or the Devil as the prime mover behind a catastrophe. Others throw up their […] More
Joe Biden Reade sits down for interview with Megyn Kelly almost a week after former vice-president denied sexual assault allegation Who is Tara Reade and what are her allegations? Joe Biden speaks in Des Moines, Iowa, on 10 August 2019. Photograph: Scott Morgan/Reuters Controversial former television news anchor Megyn Kelly announced on Thursday that she […] More
In late March, the US-led coalition, operating under the auspices of Operation Inherent Resolve, announced that it was relocating most of its personnel and equipment out of Iraq. By early April, the coalition already completed the transfer of four major bases hosting US-led troops back to Iraqi security forces. What Departing From Iraq Would Mean […] More
