December 19, 2011 | Standpoint Magazine

Charles Murray

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

December 19, 2011

Social Affairs·Underrated

An Islamist Winter?

While Islamists have prospered from the Arab Spring, they are not dominant. But vigilance is needed to protect the flame of freedom

December 19, 2011

Features·Middle East

The Secret of Cheap Energy: Fire Chris Huhne

The global price of gas should be falling, but our "greenest ever" government is busy driving up the cost of heating our homes

December 19, 2011

Energy·Features

Forced Marriages Dishonour Britain

The fear of singling out Islam for criticism has so far blocked the criminalisation of the abduction and rape of Muslim girls

December 19, 2011

Features·Islam

We Only Pretend to Defend Free Speech

Western liberals are happy to speak truth to power—when they are sure they won't be thrown in prison or the subject of a fatwa

December 19, 2011

Features

Dreyfus and the Birth of Intellectual Protest

Zola inspired other writers and artists to defend the jailed Jewish officer. Yet he himself was not free of the taint of anti-Semitism

December 19, 2011

Features