Wessie du ToitDisaster JunkiesWe live in an era where catastrophe looms large in the political imagination. On the one side, we find hellacious visions of climate crisis…·11 min read·Jun 17, 2021----
Wessie du ToitHow the Celebs Rule UsWho 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…·12 min read·Jun 10, 2021----
Wessie du ToitTradition with a capital T: Dylan at 80A certain way of borrowing from the past is what makes the Bard of Rock special.·12 min read·May 22, 2021----
Wessie du ToitEurope’s vaccine cooperation isn’t federalist dogmaThis week, Douglas Murray argued that the on-going shambles of the European Union’s vaccination effort should be chalked up to federalist…·3 min read·Mar 27, 2021----
Wessie du ToitEurope’s empty moral gesturesThe 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…·5 min read·Mar 25, 2021----
Wessie du ToitinThe StartupWhat Space Architecture Says About UsDesigning Martian habitats holds up a mirror to life here on Earth·5 min read·Feb 27, 2021--1--1
Wessie du ToitThe double nightmare of the cat-lawyerA viral clip lets us appreciate some strange themes by cloaking them in humour.·4 min read·Feb 12, 2021----
Wessie du ToitGambling on technocratsThe likely appointment of Mario Draghi as Italy’s prime minister has been widely, if nervously, greeted as a necessary step. Draghi, an…·5 min read·Feb 10, 2021----
Wessie du ToitinArc DigitalWhat’s Really at Stake in the Fascism DebateIs fascism a singular, historical evil or a more abstract, malevolent force?·6 min read·Jan 27, 2021--6--6
Wessie du ToitinArc DigitalExcuses, ExcusesAmericans are forgetting how to accept electoral defeat·5 min read·Nov 14, 2020--1--1