Peter Hitchens

The monarch, stripped of all ancient direct power, is now remarkably like the king on a chessboard—almost incapable of offensive action, but preventing others from occupying a crucial square.  Continue Reading »

Mr. Johnson has portrayed himself as the new Blair, a friendly figurehead who appears unthreatening while concealing a vast agenda of change. Continue Reading »

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, a major U.N. arms control verification body, suppressed evidence so as to excuse an act of war by the USA, Britain, and France. Continue Reading »

Is Philip Pullman actually any good, or he just popular with the cultural elite because he is anti-Christian? Continue Reading »

In Britain, the belief that God created male and female has been declared “incompatible with human dignity.”   Continue Reading »

Parliament can look after itself when faced with a tricky prime minister, and doesn’t need lawyers or courts to do so.  Continue Reading »

The left wrongly associates the Hitler period with the political and moral right. Continue Reading »

Bibi:  The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu by anshel pfeffer basic, 432 pages, $32 After Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin was murdered by an ultra-­Zionist fanatic in November 1995, the veteran anti-Israel terrorist Yasser Arafat was among the mourners welcomed at Rabin’s home to . . . . Continue Reading »

Why does Boris Johnson need a stage name? Continue Reading »

Tell Your Children:  The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence by alex berenson free press, 272 pages, $26 The smoking of marijuana, with its careful preparation of the elements and the solemn passing around of the shared joint, was the unholy communion of the counterculture . . . . Continue Reading »