New book puts John Rawls in the dock The dominance of Rawls' brand of Liberalism has held back philosophy for decades, according to a Harvard professor...

Thursday

19.09

Osborne sticks it to Dave, with love

A timely defence of “stubborn gladness” Am I allowed to feel joyful? It's an argument I often have with myself. This new book of poems by Christian Wiman helps point to an answer...

Elizabeth Oldfield

You wouldn’t think it, but David Lammy was once a thoughtful MP Lammy’s meltdown over Brexit, his descent into the worst kind of racial politics.

Wednesday

18.09

Tucker Carlson: America’s most important pundit

Report: Anarchists vs centrists is the new Left vs Right

Miranda Green’s tough love for the Lib Dems

Meanwhile in Guy Verhofstadt’s back yard…

Tuesday

17.09

What happened to diplomatic etiquette?

Could the Lib Dems outflank the Tories on the Right?

A dangerous moment for democracy

Monday

16.09

Why’s Verhofstadt bigging up empire?

What’s wrong with the weekend news?

Watch: the lone Lib Dem speaking out against revoking Article 50

Saturday

14.09

Weekend Long Read: Camera Above The Classroom

Mary Harrington

Friday

13.09

Calm down, ‘deepfake’ news is not here yet

Alan Johnson on the dark side of ‘community’

In defence of virtue signalling

Elizabeth Oldfield

Thursday

12.09

Four referendums that were never honoured

‘Left-behind’ communities are closer than you think

Wednesday

11.09

Charles Clarke interview: what we got wrong on globalisation

Sorry Diane, you have to put up with Alan Sugar

Tuesday

10.09

Jonathan Franzen’s lesson for the end of the world

The nation’s twitchers are rising up

Where are our unions when we need them most?

Monday

09.09

Extreme? On all issues but one, the Tories have never been softer.

What has the EU ever done for us?

Saturday

07.09

Yale’s real problem is not free speech

Mary Harrington

Friday

06.09

Would you clone your dead cat?

Why we need to remember Martin Weitzman

Harry Potter can be a sacred text

Elizabeth Oldfield

Thursday

05.09

Toryism is not conservatism

The truth about lies

Tom Tugendhat interview: is ‘National Conservatism’ coming to the UK?

Wednesday

04.09

The Tory rebels are the true conservatives

Should MPs do what they’re told?

Is this a long-term age of discord?

Tuesday

03.09

Lisa Nandy: Why I don’t regret not supporting the deal

What Bruce Springsteen tells us about Community

William Blake: my kind of madness

Monday

02.09

Will Pakistan open talks with Israel?

East Germany is fertile hunting ground for populists

Vernon Bogdanor: it’s not the Government’s fault

Welcome to The Post

Friday

26.07

Who is Josh Hawley and what does he believe in?

Thursday

18.07

Going Home with Wendell Berry

Wednesday

17.07

Could economics explain rising birth rates?

Monday

17.06

David Brooks: “Social freedom is not a good feeling” The NYT columnist discusses how to make life – and politics – more meaningful