Joel Schalit / 01 Feb 2019
A Day to Remember
Travelling Through History
The passengers were black. The conductor was black. Everyone was speaking fluent English. Accented, that is. They must be from Liberia or Ghana, I reckoned.(...)
Politics
John Foster / 30 Jan 2019
Holocaust for Populists
National Pride, Not Genocide
Populism is the political order of the day, both in Europe and, with a somewhat different texture and topography, in the United States. At the same time, the heritage of the Holocaust, as a defining event and an ethically foundational moment in European history seems to be in decline, even where it is not under direct attack.(...)
Joel Schalit / 25 Jan 2019
School for Dictators
Matteo Salvini and the Italian Right
It had been his worst week in office. The press had started eating him alive. His coalition was showing signs of stress. And opposition was starting to coalesce around his refugee policy.(...)
Josh White / 23 Jan 2019
The Russians Are Coming
The Truth About Kremlin Influence on UK Politics
They have a hand in everything. Everything that’s bad, that is. Russia, the subterfuge brand, has become the go-to bogeyman behind every major political upset in the West.(...)
Somewhere, Anywhere, Nowhere
Losing My Britain
Politics is personal. Brexit taught me that. It divided family and friends, colleagues and communities.(...)