Month: August 2018
What welfare and food banks tell us about poverty
It is estimated that up to half a million people visit food banks every week, and the left, predictably, is outraged: it is a sign of unacceptable poverty that [...]
What is racism?
It isn’t difficult to be accused of being a racist these days. Fall just marginally foul of political correctness and you can be sure that the wilfully [...]
Despite the intentions, socialism remains the road to serfdom
‘The Road to Serfdom’, Friedrich Hayek’s classic and influential book written during the second World War, lays out how socialism inevitably results in [...]
If the NHS is so great, why do private hospitals exist?
The raison d’etre for the welfare state is to promote equal outcomes for all citizens. Proponents justify the redistributive state as a means of furthering [...]
How (and how not) to fight the SJWs
A week ago, you probably didn’t know who Sarah Jeong was. Today, however, many in American and beyond have heard about the newly-appointed New York Times [...]
Is that supposed to be funny? The sorry state of contemporary comedy
John Cleese is funny. Fiona Sturges is not. Neither, somewhat problematically, is Hannah Gadsby. Of course we all know John Cleese. He is a giant of comedy, [...]