Graduate Giving
'Alumni could be an integral part of saving European institutions of learning from becoming the Costa cafés of the academy'
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Tea Party Politics
‘Why do grown men in the Tea Party dress up as George Washington?’
Journo Listless
‘The image of the newspaperman as a suave but ballsy individual who, whisky in hand, wires copy to a smoke-filled newsroom is now incredibly remote’
A Tale of Two Presidents
'In the Old World, a leader is criticised — and quits — for being too emotional. In the New World, a leader is criticised for not being emotional enough'
California Dreaming
'Don't believe what they say about California: it is still the matrix for our civilisation'
Coming to America
'Should we treat assimilation not as a taboo subject but as an opportunity?'
Political Classes
‘American academia is being swamped by the backwaters of identity politics’
Bad Case of Botulism
‘This is a cautionary tale about a deception so delicious yet so serious that it causes us to reconsider the impact of the public intellectual on our culture’
The New Sophistry
‘Entertaining the reader is now the main goal of criticism’
This is England
‘England is perceived by my Continental friends as being a country that is all about belonging or not belonging’
Dublin’s Disappointment
‘The tone in the parks and pubs was that of disappointment. One man was ready to admit – through clenched teeth – that he wished the Brits would take over again’
Silvio’s House of Cards
‘Italy's real problem isn't Berlusconi's private affairs. Rather, the problem is the culture he now represents. ’