Jun 14, 2013

A chapter in the Enlightenment closes

A critical loss of intellectual and cultural infrastructure

Bradley Manning is escorted into court at Fort Meade ©AP Jun 7, 2013

Pte Manning and the meaning of treason

The case illustrates the tension between two US regimes: imperial and republican

People opposed to same-sex marriage hold hold flags during a protest on April 22, 2013 in Nantes, western France, in front of the Prefecture (regional administrative authority) on the eve of the vote by the French National Assembly on a controversial bill to legalize same sex marriages. The board at left reads : "I also want my traceability ©AFP May 31, 2013

France is marching against markets

Gay marriage is the cherished priority of an elite-driven political system

May 24, 2013

A manifesto for the language of youth

Michel Serres thinks this texting, tweeting, Instagramming world is not stupid

Angelina Joile ©Getty May 17, 2013

The dilemmas of genetic screening

Some awkward questions arise with new medical technology

Mark Zuckerberg ©Bloomberg May 10, 2013

An artful answer to the tech talent gap

Mark Zuckerberg’s pressure group shows contempt for public opinion

Italy Wedding ©Dreamstime May 3, 2013

Immigrants and young Italy’s sorrows

In an age of debt, indifference over where a country’s residents come from is not reasonable

US Customs and Border Control ©AFP Apr 26, 2013

The consequences of immigration reform

Render citizenship shaky and we will find we are nearer old rules of belonging than we think

Apr 19, 2013

The limits of a crowd-sourced manhunt

Speculation should be avoided when the facts are still unknown

youtube viewed on a computer screen ©Dreamstime Apr 12, 2013

In the unthinking age, seeing is believing

The written word is becoming the language of a scholarly establishment

From LIFE & ARTS Apr 12, 2013

Out of many

A call for debate on immigration policy. Christopher Caldwell reviews ‘The British Dream’, by David Goodhart

Apr 5, 2013

End of the US nursery rhyme economy

Set against the upheaval in the jobs market, ideological and ethnic shifts look minor

Mar 29, 2013

US must query any Knox extradition plea

The double jeopardy principle argues against the American’s possible return to Italy

Mar 22, 2013

GOP needs more than borrowed rhetoric

The party seems dumb. It seems uncool. And there is a reason for that

Mar 15, 2013

A new Pope with an old and humble view

The quality attributed to Francis will be taken to mean conservatism

Mar 8, 2013

Apathy over the Dow’s rise is unsurprising

What looks like a rally may just be the effect of elites passing money among themselves

Mar 1, 2013

Coaxers and coercers on common ground

Two books about behaviour change share a loss of faith in an educable public

Feb 22, 2013

Partisan bias is only natural

The issue is not the rights or wrongs of a policy so much as its author

Feb 15, 2013

Evangelism drained the Pope’s stamina

Benedict speaks of religious doubts as few clerics dare. Politics, however, has not been his forte

Feb 8, 2013

Drone policy: naive but not illegal

The US is killing suspected terrorists, not people on their lunch breaks in Tuscaloosa

ABOUT CHRISTOPHER

Christopher Caldwell Christopher Caldwell writes a weekly column on politics, culture and international affairs for the Financial Times.

He is a senior editor at the Weekly Standard and a contributing writer for the New York Times magazine. He is the author of Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West. He is a graduate of Harvard College, where he studied English literature

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