Thomas Sowell: Tragic Optimist

The Gaza aid-site controversy and a crisis of journalism by Gary Geipel.

In his 2000 memoir A Personal Odyssey, Sowell recounts a parable that was read to him as a young boy and which he never forgot.

Fertility decline is not merely a demographic curiosity—it is a structural challenge with civilisational implications. So why are people so reluctant to take it seriously? By Andrew Glover

By rejecting any universally applicable standards of reason, it destroys the possibility of true conversation, of learning from and compromising with each other.

Zohran Mamdani’s father Mahmood is a postnationalist who advocates the dissolution of all nation states, which he views as intrinsically violent and unjust.

In his deliberately archaic new rendition of Homer’s epic, Jeffrey Duban takes a defiant stand against the modernisation of classical literature in defence of a disappearing tradition.

In a new book, Joan Smith critically examines the historical mistreatment of Ancient Rome’s leading women—including Emperor Augustus’ daughter Julia, who was denounced as a nymphomaniac and cast into exile.

The Australian security services have confirmed that Iran orchestrated antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. This is not the first time leftist causes have been hijacked by Islamists. It is time we confronted this danger.

Charlotte Allen examines how Philip Roth biographer Blake Bailey's sexual misconduct allegations led to both men being cancelled and explores the broader cultural shift from the sexual liberation of the 1960s to #MeToo's scrutiny of male literary figures and their treatment of women.

Those fighting for social change today would do well to heed Bayard Rustin’s advice about how to build sustainable and effective political movements.