'Backward-leaning leftist populism is on the rise. All the old slogans of the 1980s  — "Tory scum" and so on — are making a return'

Michael Mosbacher charts the evolution of a hard-line Marxist into the leader of a cult that believes its "progressive" ends justify any means

David Green says the most vilified of American sociologists has emerged as one of the great champions of liberty, while his analysis of the underclass has been vindicated by events

Ridden with guilt, the English middle class has retreated into its own redoubts and let the white working class go hang itself