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4 days ago | 
thespectator.com | Douglas Murray |Douglas Murray
It is 60 years since William F. Buckley said he would “rather be governed by the first 2,000 people in the Boston telephone directory than by the 2,000 people on the faculty of Harvard University.” Yet even the godfather of American conservatism would be surprised at how much more attractive the folks in the phone directory appear today. Harvard has recently been embroiled in a major row with Donald Trump’s administration.
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2 months ago | 
ruthfullyyours.com | Ruth King |Douglas Murray
‘There Are No Lone Wolves’: Ayaan Hirsi Ali Dismantles the New Popular Narrative on Islamic Terrorism By James Lynch
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/there-are-no-lone-wolves-ayaan-hirsi-ali-dismantles-the-new-popular-narrative-on-islamic-terrorism/Author and public intellectual Ayaan Hirsi Ali is warning about the threat that Islamist activist organizations pose to the U.S. and the broader Western world.
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2 months ago | 
thespectator.com | Rory Sutherland |Matthew Lynn |Douglas Murray |Aidan McLaughlin
A few years ago, my old school magazine featured a pupil’s brief account of a geography field trip. Before the magazine was mailed out, someone had noticed a jokey reference to a minibus being driven erratically after the teacher had visited the local pub, and worried that this might be libelous. The school could have reprinted the magazine, or else thought “publish and be damned.” Alas they did neither: they stuck a white sticker over the offending paragraph in every copy.
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2 months ago | 
thespectator.com | Philip Patrick |James Heale |Douglas Murray |Derek VanBuskirk
Another day, another Trumpian bombshell, this one aimed at the country he says he loves: Japan. Trump told reporters this week that the US-Japan security alliance which has bound the two countries together militarily since 1952 and offered military guarantees to Japan since 1960 was “interesting” but unequal as it obliged the US to defend Japan but not vice-versa. Trump added that the Japanese “make a fortune with us economically” a reference to Japan’s trade surplus with the US.
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2 months ago | 
thespectator.com | Michael Taube |Joshua Trevino |Mark Galeotti |Douglas Murray
As widely expected, Mark Carney has become the new Liberal party of Canada leader — and will become Canada’s next prime minister. The former Bank of England and Bank of Canada governor won by an overwhelming margin on Sunday, taking 85.9 per cent of the vote. Former Liberal deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland finished a distant second with 8 per cent. Carney will now meet with outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to set a timetable for the transition of power.
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2 months ago | 
thespectator.com | James Heale |Mark Galeotti |Douglas Murray |Sam Kriss
It is difficult to overstate how much Trump has changed the dynamics of Canadian politics. When Justin Trudeau resigned on January 6, his Liberal party was on just 16 per cent in the polls — 25 points behind Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives. Within six weeks, that had narrowed substantially, with Nanos suggesting there was just two points between the two parties. The top issue of national concern? Donald Trump and US relations.
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2 months ago | 
thespectator.com | James Heale |Michael Taube |Douglas Murray |Derek VanBuskirk
It is difficult to overstate how much Donald Trump has changed the dynamics of Canadian politics. When Justin Trudeau resigned on January 6, his Liberal party was on just 16 percent in the polls — 25 points behind Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives. Within six weeks, that had narrowed substantially, with Nanos suggesting there was just two points between the two parties. The top issue of national concern? Donald Trump and US relations.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
thespectator.com | Matthew Lynn |Owen Matthews |Douglas Murray |Jacob Heilbrunn
Germany has finally decided to join the party — but Europe may come to regret it. After two decades of limited borrowing and fiscal restraint, Europe’s biggest economy is finally joining the high-debt club. Incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz will borrow $860 billion, and perhaps much more, to pay for extra spending on defense and infrastructure. Sure, Germany needs to spend more on its armed forces and on restructuring its economy.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
thespectator.com | Jane Stannus |Michael Simmons |Ian O’Doherty |Douglas Murray
It was a field day for the Canadian freight industry on Monday. Every truck in the country, stuffed to the gills with product, was racing the clock to the border. The few drivers still available commanded ridiculous prices — up to $12,000 higher than normal. At the stroke of midnight, the 25 percent blanket tariff kicked in. Trucks that had yet to make it across the border hit the brakes and turned around. The party was over; the coaches became pumpkins again, it was time for Cinderella to go home.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
thespectator.com | Douglas Murray |Neal Pollack |Lisa Haseldine |Juan P. Villasmil
The head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE) wrote to all federal workers in the US asking them to explain in a brief email what they did last week. The exercise was intended to take no more than five minutes but led to howls from many employees. How could anyone expect them to perform such a task? How can one explain the intricacies of supporting transgender opera among the Inuit in such short order?
