FLIGHT OF THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES

One of the most notable effects of the Trump phenomenon has been the extent to which conservatives have, en masse, shown a willingness to swallow their previously avowed principles, sometimes overnight. The same Republican party that preaches ‘traditional family values’ and impeached Bill Clinton for lying about a blowjob, for example, has thrown its weight […]

HOW MAINSTREAM MEDIA FAILS JEWS

Last night Piers Morgan interviewed the knuckle-headed poker player and social media influencer Dan Bilzerian, who, it turns out, is an open and proud antisemite. Bilzerian let fly with a long tirade that managed to contain almost every Jew-hating conspiracy theory known to man. Among the things Bilzerian argued were: I shan’t link to the […]

SATURDAY SPIN | TRICKY

HOW MAGA WORKS

Though he had toyed with the idea of entering the arena before, his political career really started with a racist conspiracy theory about the country’s first black President. When he descended the gold elevator and announced his candidacy he began by calling hardworking Mexican immigrants drug dealers and rapists. He refused to disavow the endorsement […]

THE DIAMOND GUIDE TO HIP-HOP

HOW TO HIDE THE FAR RIGHT

Your blogger had a small taste of internet fame last week, when a post of his went slightly viral on X, the open-sewer formerly known as Twitter. At the time of writing it has had over 13,000 likes and has been viewed over 700,000 times. That feels weird because I only have a small following, […]

A PRIDE PLAYLIST

CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE GRUNGER

It was thirty years ago today that my brother rang and said, “you know Kurt Cobain?” It seemed like such an odd thing to say – of course I knew Kurt Cobain – I sensed Cobain was dead before the words were out of my brother’s mouth. Instant shock. Cobain was troubled: everyone knew that. […]

MUM

Mother stands for comfort Mother will hide the murderer Mother hides the madman Mother will stay mum —Kate Bush On Saturday 20 January 2024, two days after my forty-seventh birthday, a doctor rang me and told me my Mum was gravely ill and probably wouldn’t live past the weekend. She was a stubborn old bird, […]

WHY WOMEN ARE PSYCHIC

For the longest time I have been puzzled by something. Why are women psychic? Not actually psychic, obviously, because human beings do not, in fact, possess magic powers. What I mean is, why is it largely women who claim to have psychic powers, and why is it largely women who make up the believers in […]