Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Britain Needs a Revolution


Replacing Churchill with a badger on the banknotes is worse than a tax on tea.

Let that proposal be put to a vote.


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Car Culture


My next Substack essay will be on the decline of the car culture.

Think about how our relationship with cars has changed.

And ponder a culture without the drive-in commentary of Joe Bob Briggs.



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Reading and Enjoying

 


On my re-read list: His great novel, The Family Moskat.

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Lionel Shriver and Douglas Murray on "A Better Life"

 


Pilate's Magician is Out

The e-book version of my novel is up on Amazon

The paperback version should be out by the end of the week.

Will keep you posted. 

Thanks for spreading the word!

What If We Had Serious Reporters?

 


Highly Recommended

 


If I were able to arrange the widespread distribution of a single book on American society and politics, it would be this one.

An excerpt: 

"China is an engineering state, which can't stop itself from building, facing off against America's lawyerly society, which blocks everything it can."