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Disaster Junkies

We live in an era where catastrophe looms large in the political imagination. On the one side, we find hellacious visions of climate crisis…

Jun 17, 2021

Disaster Junkies

Jun 17, 2021

How the Celebs Rule Us

Who should we call the first “Instagram billionaire”? It’s a mark of the new Gilded Age we’ve entered that both women vying for that title…

Jun 10, 2021

How the Celebs Rule Us

Jun 10, 2021

Tradition with a capital T: Dylan at 80

A certain way of borrowing from the past is what makes the Bard of Rock special.

May 22, 2021

Tradition with a capital T: Dylan at 80

May 22, 2021

Europe’s vaccine cooperation isn’t federalist dogma

This week, Douglas Murray argued that the on-going shambles of the European Union’s vaccination effort should be chalked up to federalist…

Mar 27, 2021

Europe’s vaccine cooperation isn’t federalist dogma

Mar 27, 2021

Europe’s empty moral gestures

The story of the Opium Wars in mid-19th century China has been told in many ways, but the account which has always stayed with me is the…

Mar 25, 2021

Europe’s empty moral gestures

Mar 25, 2021

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The Startup

What Space Architecture Says About Us

Designing Martian habitats holds up a mirror to life here on Earth

Feb 27, 2021

What Space Architecture Says About Us

Feb 27, 2021

The double nightmare of the cat-lawyer

A viral clip lets us appreciate some strange themes by cloaking them in humour.

Feb 12, 2021

The double nightmare of the cat-lawyer

Feb 12, 2021

Gambling on technocrats

The likely appointment of Mario Draghi as Italy’s prime minister has been widely, if nervously, greeted as a necessary step. Draghi, an…

Feb 10, 2021

Gambling on technocrats

Feb 10, 2021

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Arc Digital

What’s Really at Stake in the Fascism Debate

Is fascism a singular, historical evil or a more abstract, malevolent force?

Jan 27, 2021

What’s Really at Stake in the Fascism Debate

Jan 27, 2021

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Arc Digital

Excuses, Excuses

Americans are forgetting how to accept electoral defeat

Nov 14, 2020

Excuses, Excuses

Nov 14, 2020

Wessie du Toit

Wessie du Toit

Freelance writer. Main interest = history of ideas. Also art, books, politics. Follow me on twitter @wessiedutoit

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