Liberalism
The French Revolution is not over
The French historian François Furet died almost 20 years ago, but the fights over his legacy are as savage as ever
Woodrow Wilson’s long shadow
Who was Wilson: the remote and dull professor President or the tragic crusader for global democracy?
The myth of the free market “triumph”
The government will have to address the consequences of free market ideology in modern politics if it wants to be seen as the solution rather than the cause.
Politics
Ed Miliband’s route to redefining Labour risks following the same path as Gordon Brown’s—from the left to an empty centre
The rise of Britain’s “twittering classes”
What sort of person uses Twitter?
The evolution of genius
According to Adam Gopnik, Lincoln and Darwin shared not only a birthday but also a linguistic gift central to their greatness. Are words really so powerful?