The Daily Paradox

“Normal” is to vocabulary what “Norman” is to ‘calling names’. Perfectly respectable but not particularly motivating. Lots of Norman-named people are lovely. I’ve known some…

Are you under Pressure? If so, from who and for what? You may not know. Or you may think there is one cause while the…

A child throwing his toys out of the pram is too kind an analogy for the display of spoilt behaviour created by a 41-day shutdown…

Janan Ganesh hits the nail on the head with his article “The tragedy of specialisation”. His comment that “The hinge between subjects is so often…

It may seem impertinent, or even sycophantic, to agree with Jensen Huang, Nvidia boss, about the attitude of the west to AI. He and I…

It may seem impertinent, or even sycophantic, to agree with Jensen Huang, Nvidia boss, about the attitude of the west to AI. He and I…

There is a stirring, at least among the more intelligent media writers, that amounts to "Is Civilisation is on the rocks?”. Maybe just a less…

What is the most important thing you must do if you want to have a good interview? Smile? Ask questions? Prepare well? Yes, these all…

There’s something ironic about the Southern Command Admiral that Hegseth is stepping down prematurely. It won’t mean much to most people but the name Holsey…

Never in human history has it been so urgent for us to think.  If we do, the future we command will be reasonable. That is…