Beware America’s recreational drug boom A record number of adults are using marijuana and psychedelics

Charles Fain Lehman

Why is Scientific American targeting my trans research? The magazine is trying to discredit my rapid-onset gender dysphoria study

J. Michael Bailey

The danger of EU enlargement Admitting new members risks a repetition of previous errors

Philip Pilkington

Monday

28.08

Is the hookup era coming to an end? The rising cost of dating apps threatens to drive away users

Both Left and Right get Oliver Anthony wrong A misinterpretation of his lyrics has turned the singer into a political football

The dark truth about gender surgeries Medical complications are being reframed as opportunities

Eliza Mondegreen

Britain has learnt nothing from the Leicester riots Ethnic tensions could become more widespread across the country

Sunday

27.08

Is the art market heading for a crash? Ultra-wealthy investors have squeezed out other buyers

Saturday

26.08

Wolfgang Münchau: the end of the German era AfD voters are rebelling against a failing economy

Friday

25.08

Fat-positive activists miss Ozempic’s real risk Drugs tackling obesity could threaten bodily autonomy

Sweden is Europe’s Right-wing success story The country's immigration and energy policies provide a model for conservatives

Ralph Schoellhammer

The New York Times is finally standing up to trans censorship Advocacy groups have criticised the paper for its gender coverage

Josephine Bartosch

Central banks are more divided than ever Today's Jackson Hole summit will be a test of unity

Thursday

24.08

Beware the creeping return of mask mandates Numerous experts are calling for a restoration of the new normal

An expanding Brics should worry the West Six new member states are set to join the alliance

Philip Pilkington

Is Yevgeny Prigozhin really dead? There are still doubts about the Wagner leader's demise

Donald Trump looms over the Republicans Last night's debate was dominated by the man who didn't show up

Tucker asks Trump questions you won’t hear anywhere else From Jeffrey Epstein to civil war, the former Fox host covered all bases

Wednesday

23.08

Sergey Surovikin: Putin’s fall guy gets his marching orders The general's dismissal is further evidence of the President asserting his authority

Bethany Elliott

Emily Bridges doesn’t belong on Vogue’s female power list The trans cyclist's inclusion makes a mockery of women's achievements

Black-majority states are not progressive The New York Times is promoting reactionary ideas about race

Why are climate activists so angry? Frustrations about the environment are a cloak for separate resentments

Russia’s African operation is spinning out of control Wagner forces may have overreached in Mali

Tuesday

22.08

Asia’s ‘influencer farms’ are dystopian, but America isn’t much better The faux-intimacy of our social media personalities is just as troubling

The 20mph speed limit is not safer or better for the planet The anti-car lobby is damaging the UK

Philip Pilkington

Green Party’s trans court case is a sign of things to come Shahrar Ali's litigation will be watched closely in other parties

Brics is an alliance in name only The bloc is too divided to pose any threat to the West

Maximilian Hess

Monday

21.08

The Trump-Murdoch feud won’t last long The pair need each other more than they care to admit

William Gladstone’s family should stop self-flagellating The former PM's long and complicated legacy risks being overshadowed

Samuel Rubinstein

China’s shocking demographic decline just got worse Total fertility rate has fallen to a record low

Why are there so many nursing serial killers? Abandoning apprenticeship training for nurses has made safeguarding harder

US increasingly doubtful over Ukraine’s progress Some officials fear that the window for negotiation has been missed

Bethany Elliott

Saturday

19.08

Churches should not cancel services for the football British Christianity is trying too hard to be liked

The UK Covid inquiry must address the harms to children Lockdown 'experts' need to be held to account

Friday

18.08

Labour and the Tories are becoming a uniparty Policy differences between the two parties are becoming blurred

High interest rates are here to stay The West may be about to experience a decades-long bear market

German democracy is not under threat Anti-democratic sentiment is mainly confined to the east

Plans for a Brics common currency are rapidly fading The dollar is looking stronger than ever

Ralph Schoellhammer

Thursday

17.08

Don’t blame Eric Adams for New York’s migrant crisis The city's problems run much deeper

Why I support the trans ban in women’s chess The International Chess Federation's announcement makes empirical sense

Why rich men fear Oliver Anthony The country singer's viral hit represents an authentic form of populism

The ugly truth about Britain’s falling inflation A drop in energy costs conceals a continuing cost-of-living squeeze

Philip Pilkington

TikTok warriors have turned against real workers Baby Storme's accusation illustrates the superficiality of online identity politics

Wednesday

16.08

The ghost of New Labour haunts Starmer in Scotland Gordon Brown's backseat driving won't depose the SNP

Javier Milei is not a South American Trump The winner of the Argentinian presidential primaries is an ultra-libertarian

Who is Humza Yousaf to talk about ‘toxic masculinity’? Scotland's First Minister has long turned a blind eye to the abuse of feminists

Cancelling our comedy show proves the point Comedy Unleashed has had its Edinburgh Fringe show called off

Tuesday

15.08

Nato official: Ukraine could cede territory to join alliance Stian Jenssen made the controversial proposal in Norway this week

Two years on, the Afghanistan disaster hasn’t happened Media coverage obscures uncomfortable elements of the Taliban's success

Falling rouble shows cracks in Russia’s war economy Oil prices can back up the currency, but not forever

Maximilian Hess

The Guardian uses selective polling on campus free speech The paper is desperate to disprove the idea of cancel culture

Could fantasy football help treat gambling addiction? A growing subculture of fans credit the online game for their recovery

Monday

14.08

Indian Americans are finding their political voice Vivek Ramaswamy is only the latest overachiever with roots in the subcontinent

Can Netflix tell if you’re gay? Algorithms are preempting young people coming out

Mary Harrington

Britain is not a poor country Comparisons to Germany don't tell the whole story

Germany cannot keep ignoring AfD voter concerns Despite efforts to ban the party, support is surging

A shortage of houses is not the problem Property has become overly financialised

Philip Pilkington

Saturday

12.08

Gen Z shouldn’t dismiss marriage so lightly A TikTok depicting the downsides of wedlock has gone viral

W. Bradford Wilcox and Wendy Wang

Friday

11.08

Joe Biden’s Chinese tech sanctions risk backfiring Pushing Beijing's economy to the brink will also hurt America

Marshall Auerback

Sam Harris has dumped the Intellectual Dark Web The heterodox thinker has been busy denouncing his former allies

Princess Diana’s bulimia isn’t a children’s story A picture book is no way to introduce the subject to girls

Americans vastly overestimate police brutality New research found that liberals are particularly susceptible

Thursday

10.08

Covid alarmism returns with the Eris variant The media is fuelling fear over an impending summer wave

Europe’s populist Right is far from united Despite a polling surge, the group has major ideological differences

France’s establishment strikes back at new Right-wing editor Geoffroy Lejeune is the enfant terrible French elites love to hate

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

Welsh Labour is a warning to Keir Starmer The outgoing Mark Drakeford is no friend of the Union

Democrats should not get complacent over Donald Trump Joe Biden's party is too eager for a 2020 rematch

Wednesday

09.08

The UK is becoming an outlier on pornography Britain's attitude to regulation isn't laissez-faire — it's non-existent

Kristina Murkett

The ‘queering’ of the Mary Rose insults gay history The curation of objects from Henry VIII's flagship borders on narcissism

Is AI fuelling eating disorder content? A new report shows the ease of circumventing safety guardrails online

Why did Mhairi Black compare feminists to white supremacists? Misogyny appears to be an official SNP policy

Ukraine may pay a price for its Black Sea warfare Strikes on oil tankers risk a response from non-Western powers

William Nattrass

Tuesday

08.08

Debating Gavin Newsom will boost Ron DeSantis The two governors offer strikingly different visions for the country

Jennifer Aniston falls victim to ‘like’ vigilantes The actress came under fire for liking a post by Jamie Foxx

Suella Braverman is right about Iran The Home Secretary and James Cleverly disagree over the IRGC threat

David Patrikarakos

Europe’s renewable energy push is destined for ruin The age of oil is far from over

Ralph Schoellhammer

Why is defining ‘trans woman’ so difficult? Activists and policymakers have made the term confusing

Monday

07.08

The Ohio result will be a warning to Republicans A proxy vote on abortion has national implications

No, racism isn’t to blame for the heatwave response One writer views the climate problem through the prism of race

Foreign investment plummets as the West snubs China The post-Covid economic order has exposed Beijing's vulnerability

The true cost of politicising exam grades School leavers have every reason to feel disenchanted

Mary Harrington

Allies turn on America’s Chinese semiconductor strategy A South Korean lawmaker described US sanctions as counterproductive

Philip Pilkington