Gaetz out, Bondi in for AG

Friday, 22 November 2024 “Your arse, if you’re going fast enough.” Motorcycle racer Barry Sheene, when asked what was going through his mind at the moment of an impact. STORY OF THE DAY The struggle to specialise for young doctors in SA By Tamsin Metelerkamp Young doctors seeking […]

Pumping Trump’s Brakes

NOVEMBER 22, 2024 Pumping Trump’s Brakes  The Green New Deal—From Below → The Green New Deal languished in Congress for five years, and it might not have any hope of passing during a Trump administration. But it does have something that the left can tap into: grassroots power. […]

Gaetz Goes Down

NATIONAL REVIEW NOVEMBER 22, 2024 ◼ Just wait until Hulk Hogan is dispatched to do the whip counts.   ◼ Just eight days after his nomination was announced, Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name from consideration as Donald Trump’s second-term attorney general. In Gaetz’s own words, he had become a […]

Are Neocons Trotskyites?

The short answer is no, the long answer is below משכיל בינה Nov 21, 2024 Everyone has their own little list of tedious duties they have to perform periodically to keep up appearances. Curtis Yarvin’s is taking a big dump over everyone’s vibe whenever the Right appear to […]

The Case Against Deli Meat

November 19, 2024 Lately, it’s hard to avoid feeling just a bit nervous about the state of our country’s food supply. The last few months have seen a number of outbreaks and recalls: There was, possibly, listeria in the mushrooms and salmon and cold cuts, there was E. […]

What Could Stop Him?

Sponsored by Bodleian Library Publishing Jonathan Freedland A Feigned Reluctance Rory Stewart, in his recent memoir, observes with detachment what is ludicrous in politics—even when he’s near the center of it. David Cole What Could Stop Him? Our Constitution includes multiple guardrails against Trump-like presidents. But those checks and […]

The EU and the Illusion of Democracy

by Hans Vogel Hans Vogel Nov 21, 2024 Hans Vogel dismantles the European Union’s pretense of democracy, condemning its bureaucratic incompetence, economic decay, and the authoritarian grip of its delusional elite, who accelerate the EU’s collapse while silencing dissent. The European Union has twenty-seven member-states, a population of […]

Every ICC investigation begins with reporting

  Today marks a watershed moment in international justice: The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. This unprecedented development—the first time the ICC has ever indicted a pro-Western official—wouldn’t have been possible without rigorous, on-the-ground […]

Way Off

Recently at The Signal: Andrew deWaard on why are studios releasing so few original new films. … Today: Rachel Cleetus on why global greenhouse-gas emissions are still rising. … Also: Gustav Jönsson on early signs of what the new U.S. administration is thinking about Cuba. The Signal is your […]