Who is the Goat? The Greatest of all time? The Government of all the talents? Prof James Alexander ponders the journey of the goat from ancient symbol of depravity to modern symbol of success in his capricornucopia.
"Tune in, turn on, grow up!" Jordan Peterson tells Joe Rogan it's time to put the permanent adolescence of the 1960s behind us. It's Peterson vs Peter Pan, says Prof James Alexander.
Politics professor James Alexander says the difference between lesbians and transgenders is the former want the freedom to be themselves, whereas the latter want to convert everyone to their creed.
Politics professor James Alexander pays tribute to Alexander Waugh, the grandson of Evelyn Waugh and master of non-fiction prose who died aged 60 last week.
'Populists' like Donald Trump and Nigel Farage are a "threat to democracy", chant the mainstream media. In fact, they are just reminding our politicians what they are supposed to be doing, says Prof James Alexander.
Labour is divided over electoral reform, with its leaders happy with First Past the Post, which gave them a landslide on a 34% vote share, but activists wanting PR. Prof James Alexander looks at the issues.
The worst political word of our time is ‘delivery’, says Prof James Alexander. It's on the lips of every politician, but this "Amazonisation" of politics completely misunderstands what politics is about.
How seriously should we take Labour's New Britain proposal, asks James Alexander. "We should fear that it is ever instantiated; and we should fear that these are the sorts of people who are trying to instantiate anything."
Zadie Smith looks back with glazed eyes on the good old days of Blair, and welcomes the likely dawn of a new Labour era. Prof James Alexander takes the writer to task for her simplistic view of the world.
We should vote Conservative to keep out the Trots and their permanent revolution, says Peter Hitchens. No no no, that just ratifies the Uniparty, says Matt Goodwin. Professor James Alexander ponders the dilemma.
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