Law Lore
Americanisms sullying the English language are rarely harmful — apart from when they insinuate that our politicians are all-powerful
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Mission Creep
Rory Stewart’s new book Can Intervention Work? wants to help politically unstable nations but doesn’t know which way to turn Intervening in the affairs of other countries is always likely to be
Official Complaint
Immigration officials may be fearsome but they act as no deterrent against illegal immigrants
The Bores Have It
A new book on election reform forgets the fact that voters did not want AV
Good Copy
The Independent's new masthead is a little too close to home for Standpoint
Obstacle Source
Government financial obstacles often start as interventions. But they have a habit of making life more difficult for the Chancellor and his aides
Planet Mirth
Matthew Sinclair's new book, Let Them Eat Carbon, rightly draws attention to the foibles of climate change policy, rather than the global warming debate itself
Finally Finished
The new Finlandia Hall in Helsinki has been transformed by a Japanese mystic with an ear for acoustics
Turkish Thrash
Decadent expats in Istanbul may be morally outrageous but they add foreign flavour to the newest party city
Liberated Libya
Libya will not be another Iraq. The doom-mongers in the Western media would be wise to focus on Libya's massive business potential
Stott’s Gospel
Dishonest and distasteful journalists have co-opted the late, great evangelical Reverend for their own, secular causes
Steyn Power
Iconoclastic commentator — and hate-figure of the Left — Mark Steyn should be celebrated for his refusal to kow-tow to the liberal intellegentsia's consensus