I’ve long admired big portions of the Chicago school of economic thought, primarily its reverence for the power of free markets. Bravo. But I recently

As the world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, all good people must heed the warnings of the rise in antisemitism. A recent report by the World Zionist

The red-clad activists demanding to examine restaurants’ staff profiles have been condemned from various perspectives as an unjustifiable and illegal intrusion into companies’ labour relations,

Xenophobic populism is both very, very dangerous, and ideologically misguided. It should be taboo territory for any respectable politician. Earlier this week, I started re-watching

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 22nd January 1863 – The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania

In the past fortnight, two meetings of the Johannesburg metropolitan council have ‘descended into chaos’, in the graphic words of Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John

My generation was taught to meet verbal bullying at school with the doggerel, ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt

Book review: So they remember: A Jewish Family’s Story of Surviving the Holocaust in Soviet Ukraine Maksim Goldenshteyn (2022) In June 1996, Florida resident Ruth Glasberg

When President Cyril Ramaphosa visited Soweto last year to campaign in the local government elections, there were serious protests. Some residents said they were protesting

Much bad information is free. Much good information costs money. Nathan J. Robinson, editor-in-chief of the left-wing magazine, Current Affairs, proposes solving this problem by