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Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò’s “Against Decolonisation”

The idea of decolonisation has been a fad in western discourse for the past few years. Of course, when one thinks of decolonisation, the national liberation movements that engulfed Africa…

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5 min

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The Continuing Plight of Women under the Taliban

A decree to ban women from employment, bar them from entering educational institutions, incarcerate them in their homes—and impose the burqa on those who venture beyond their walls: this horrifying,…

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6 min

Reasons to Be Jubilant

On 2 June, I travelled down to London to attend one of those unusual events that somehow manage to be at once an embodiment of the stereotypical idea of what…

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6 min

Meet the New Boss: Same as the Old Boss? The Marcos Return to Power in the Philippines

The 2022 Philippine general election has been one of the most divisive in the country’s history and attracted perhaps its highest ever voter turnout. This is largely due to the…

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8 min

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The Perils of Heterodoxy

Most of us rely on experts—electricians, plumbers, car mechanics, doctors, dentists—to solve the practical problems that occur in our daily lives: the material world we live in is too complex…

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9 min

The Bedevilments of Sex: Louise Perry’s “The Case against the Sexual Revolution”

The legacy of the sexual revolution has been scrutinised, even called into question altogether recently. What was traditionally hailed as a liberation, in particular for women and sexual minorities, that…

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15 min

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Global Minority Rule: Why American Anti-Majoritarianism is far from Exceptional

Not long ago, a man was elected to his country’s highest office in circumstances perplexing to many voters. Despite a historically low favourability rating, and a plurality of votes having…

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22 min

The Enlightenment Paradigm: A Response to Yoram Hazony’s “Conservatism: A Rediscovery”

Introduction by Matt McManus He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able…

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6 min

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Bodily Autonomy and Abortion Rights

The leaked US Supreme Court draft decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization does not outlaw the practice of abortion, but overturns the finding in Roe v Wade, which…

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14 min

The 1619 Project: An Oversimplified Explanation

Casual critics of the 1619 Project usually focus on its basic conceit: the idea that the true founding of the United States occurred when the first African captives arrived in…

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5 min

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House Arrest: The Draconian Lockdowns of Shanghai

My friend Lu and I were both confined to our apartments to be quarantined on 18 March 2022. I had been infected with coronavirus. Lu hadn’t. I was allowed to…

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9 min

A Better Way to Save American Democracy

Donald Trump has spent his brief political career assaulting the norms and institutions that sustain American democracy, from his attacks on the judiciary to his ongoing effort to discredit the…

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Why Becoming a Vegetarian is not the Best Way to Save Animals

The modern animal rights movement is closely tied to vegetarianism and veganism. For many people, changing one’s diet appears the most natural and sensible way to benefit animals. Often, this…

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Revolutionising the News

In this episode of our Two for Tea podcast, editor-in-chief Iona Italia talks to news junkie, entrepreneur and free speech aficionado Arjun Moorthy about his venture The Factual, which provides news to…

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10 min

White People and the Conversation About Race

It is always saddening when reasonable, thoughtful people fail to understand each other’s point of view in important conversations. It is even more unfortunate when they fail to respect each…

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6 min

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Direct Cash Aid to Palestinians Would Be a Win-Win

It would benefit both Israel and Palestine if people could donate to a non-profit programme that made direct, unconditional cash payments to impoverished Palestinians living in the Palestinian territories. The…

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11 min

Why Covid Did Not Spell the End of Globalisation

Probably the most common prediction about the world during the Covid pandemic was that this was the end of the era of globalization. The world as we knew it before…

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13 min

Aleksandr Dugin and the Perils of Postmodern Ethnonationalism

Millions of ordinary Germans believed in the compelling narrative that Hitler was unifying the true German Volk under one national umbrella. From Austria to Poland, his land-grabs were justified by…

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Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò’s “Against Decolonisation”

The Continuing Plight of Women under the Taliban

Reasons to Be Jubilant

Meet the New Boss: Same as the Old Boss? The Marcos Return to Power in the Philippines

The Perils of Heterodoxy

The Bedevilments of Sex: Louise Perry’s “The Case against the Sexual Revolution”

Global Minority Rule: Why American Anti-Majoritarianism is far from Exceptional

The Enlightenment Paradigm: A Response to Yoram Hazony’s “Conservatism: A Rediscovery”

Bodily Autonomy and Abortion Rights

The 1619 Project: An Oversimplified Explanation

House Arrest: The Draconian Lockdowns of Shanghai

A Better Way to Save American Democracy

Why Becoming a Vegetarian is not the Best Way to Save Animals

Revolutionising the News

White People and the Conversation About Race

Direct Cash Aid to Palestinians Would Be a Win-Win

Why Covid Did Not Spell the End of Globalisation

Aleksandr Dugin and the Perils of Postmodern Ethnonationalism

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