The Chinese regime’s defeat in Ukraine
[caption id="attachment_35986" align="alignleft" width="690"] A Russian tank, with its distinctive anti-missile cage, burns somewhere on the plains of Ukraine. Yes, it's a metaphor. Photo by...
How come stoicism is suddenly a thing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF61DWkX51U A quick browse of the self-help section of your local bookstore will show you that Stoicism has become popular in the last decade or...
Metaphysical Animals: a feminist masterpiece?
'A wonderful, important and also a necessary book, which sets the records straight... and celebrates a remarkable quartet of women thinkers' Peter Conradi I’ve previously...
Theorisation: Reinventing Orwell and smothering him in verbiage
I've spoken about what I call "strategisation" before. This involves dressing something up as particularly strategically apposite. The example I gave is this assertion: Services...
Will you join me in the alt-centre?
It’s a funny thing with names. Names given in jest and contempt are adopted by their targets. After over a decade of marketing consulting services...
How Zelenskyy sent courage viral: the podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VtGYDCm-gA Another great discussion with my friend Peyton Bowman. We began with a passage from William James on faith. Though the essay does discuss religious faith, I quoted...
Tackling American Autocracy: That Trippi Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31eH6ANhTcs I met Joe Trippi about a decade ago. I met him about a decade ago and was fascinated with his campaigning exploits — including...