Clowns to the Left of me, jokers to the Right. Credit: Getty

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Pope Francis’s deacon decision is the last gasp of European Catholicism

Pro-Palestine student wins Cornell free speech case Momodou Taal will now not be deported for his 'disruptive' activism

Raquel Rosario Sánchez

Science magazine promotes faulty race discrimination claim Cherry-picked research is being used to back up DEI initiatives

New exercise pill will strip us of our humanity A drug that mimics the effects of long-distance running is a worrying development

Mary Harrington

Thursday, October 10

Residents of Fort Myers, Florida inspect the aftermath of a tornado before Hurricane Milton this week. Credit: Getty

Will extreme weather events break the US financial system?

Has the Nobel Prize cancelled physics and chemistry? This year's laureates specialise in AI and computer science

Graham Linehan has fallen foul of comedy's activist class. Credit: UnHerd

Political correctness has created a hierarchy in comedy

Why US leaders are falling out of love with Netanyahu Democrats and Republicans alike have lost patience with the Israeli PM

Wednesday, October 9

Tony Dokoupil’s interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates was criticised during an internal meeting. Credit: CBS

CBS Ta-Nehisi Coates fallout shows why legacy media is dying

Ashley Rindsberg

Donald Trump calls for total global nuclear disarmament The former president claimed he nearly reached a deal with Russia and China

A deadly embrace. Credit: Getty

Will Donald Trump betray RFK Jr?

Emmanuel Todd has long predicted the demise of the Western order. Credit: Getty

Emmanuel Todd: Nato will disintegrate if Ukraine loses

Tuesday, October 8

Inside Columbia's 7 October protests Students are bracing for more months of unrest on campus

Elon Musk: I'm not anti-vaccine The SpaceX founder remains critical of vaccine mandates but not jabs themselves

'In 2014, the landmark Jay report found that 1,400 girls were sexually abused by gangs of men, mainly of Pakistani heritage, in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013.' Credit: Getty

Wikipedia labels grooming gang scandal 'moral panic'

Over 5,000 US children have undergone transgender surgeries New data suggests that the industry is far larger than previously known

Kamala Harris’s anti-Trump messaging is no longer working

Monday, October 7

New Left descends on Manhattan for Palestine protest

The West Wing characters Jed Bartlet and Sam Seaborn, as played by Martin Sheen and Rob Lowe, respectively. Credit: Getty

Why conservatives love The West Wing

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

The end of strategic ambiguity? Credit: Getty

China is dividing the American Right

Sunday, October 6

Millennials are no longer a fan of this Millennial. Credit: Getty

Young Canadians have turned against Trudeau

Attacks on Iranian oil risk another European energy crisis

Ralph Schoellhammer

Pokrovsk could decide the Ukraine war

Bethany Elliott

Donald Trump appears at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. Credit: Getty

Donald Trump’s symbolic return to Butler reinvigorates supporters

Emily Jashinsky

Saturday, October 5

Bombing Iran’s nuclear programme would be a grave mistake

Why doesn’t the green lobby support carbon capture?

Friday, October 4

Antony Blinken is wrong about Biden’s foreign policy

Why assisted dying is now inevitable

Mary Harrington

Thursday, October 3

Better than TikTok. Credit: Getty

The decline of book-reading is more serious than we think

Why does Olaf Scholz want to speak to Vladimir Putin?

Michigan Muslims are abandoning Kamala Harris

Emily Jashinsky

Wednesday, October 2

The last time dockworkers went on strike on the East Coast was in 1977. Credit: Getty

Dockworkers’ strike is splitting the Democratic coalition