1+ hour, 31+ min ago  (144+ words) Iran has scant reason to capitulate Trump is demanding, among other things, that Iranagree to a 20-year moratorium on nuclear enrichment; thatit dismantle the Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan nuclear facilities; and that itsurrendersitsenriched nuclear material. It seems unlikely that Iran,…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (142+ words) Viking, pp. 304, "22 Ever since the BBC's Dad's Army (which ran from 1968 to 1977), it's been hard to keep a straight face when talking about the Home Guard. Just thinking about Corporal Jones one beat out from the rest of the platoon…...

1+ day, 28+ min ago  (851+ words) The Spectator Don't blame Trump for food price hikes and cancelled flights In the hierarchy of factors that will make consumers curse politicians and company bosses this summer, food price inflation probably ranks higher than holiday flight chaos. But both…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (436+ words) There are many ways to do nothing. One is to sit on your hands; another is to call for "a conversation. I have noticed quite a lot of calls for "a conversation since the stabbing of two Jewish men in…...

11+ hour, 4+ min ago  (769+ words) A lot of books, obviously depending on what mood you're in and viewed from a certain angle, slantwise or squintlike, hover on the edge of self-parody: the Bible; poetry, particularly if American; pretty much everything on a Booker shortlist; Wittgenstein's…...

22+ hour, 55+ min ago  (203+ words) To eradicate a virus, one needs precision. The origin of the threat needs to be identified, as do the circumstances of its incubation and spread, and the vulnerability of specific hosts. The wrong response risks making things worse. Israel's success,…...

1+ day, 39+ min ago  (799+ words) Chelsea and her partner had been trying for a baby for two years. Following several miscarriages, she became pregnant again last spring. "We were overjoyed," the 26-year-old says. "We thought this time everything would finally be different." "I knew something…...

7+ hour, 32+ min ago  (669+ words) The Spectator Accelerating the "kill chain" " a terrifying glimpse of future warfare Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team and the Dawn of AI Warfare W. W. Norton, pp. 416, "23 America possesses the most powerful military in history, but since 1945 it has not…...

12+ hour, 14+ min ago  (14+ words) I wish you wouldn't bring your work home with you. The Spectator...

18+ hour, 55+ min ago  (865+ words) Dear wannabe leaders of Britain. What a lot of you there are! I've been writing about leadership and the craft of politics for 25 years and I'm sick of watching the same mistakes repeated. I'm keen to help. So listen up…...