Faux Americanization in Britain
by Augustus HowardBritain’s courts are becoming, as America’s already are, unelected tools of politics, losing proportionate credibility as impartial arbiters of justice. Continue Reading »
Dark Days in Northern Ireland
by John WatersAbortion and gay marriage have entered Northern Ireland by the back door. Continue Reading »
Human Dignity Redefined
by Peter HitchensIn Britain, the belief that God created male and female has been declared “incompatible with human dignity.” Continue Reading »
The London Ideology
by Dan HitchensLondon faces the consequences of its strategy of openness. Continue Reading »
Murder Disguised as Care
by Obianuju EkeochaThe United Kingdom’s Court of Protection has ordered a mentally disabled pregnant woman to abort her unborn child. Continue Reading »
Trump in Britain
by Peter HitchensWatching this grotesque performance, I was filled (as I so often am these days) with sorrow that so few British children read or study Shakespeare anymore. Continue Reading »
Brexit and Enlightenment Man
by Dan HitchensThe terror and dismay of Remainers have helped to demonstrate the non-existence of Enlightenment Man, the thinker who stands only on logic and waves away every distraction. Continue Reading »
The Very Model of a Modern Catholic Statesman?
by John M. HowtingThough drawing the ire of his older colleagues, Euroskeptic MP Jacob Rees-Mogg is gaining a large following among British youth. Continue Reading »
Unity and Independence
by David T. KoyzisIf we abandon the peculiarly modern quest for strict equality of treatment, it should be possible for the E.U. to function with its member states unevenly integrated into the whole. Great Britain could remain part of the E.U. while, fully in accordance with subsidiarity, claiming as much independence as it needs and can handle. Continue Reading »
Leave Wins
by Mark MovsesianLike most Americans, I paid little attention to the Brexit campaign. It seemed a foregone conclusion. The prediction markets were signaling that a vote to leave the E.U. was a long shot; the polls indicated that Remain was comfortably ahead; the stock markets were quiet. Besides, anti-E.U. protests . . . . Continue Reading »
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