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August 2008

Standpoint is published monthly by Social Affairs Unit Magazines Limited, a subsidiary of the Social Affairs Unit (Registered Charity No.281530). The views expressed in Standpoint are those of its individual authors, not those of the Social Affairs Unit Magazines Ltd and its Directors or those of the Social Affairs Unit and its Trustees and Director

Columns

Manchester Square

Celebrate Civilisation in All Its Precariousness

DANIEL JOHNSON

‘These illiberal liberals, who then flirted with Stalinism as they do today with Islamism, are as contemptuous as ever of what Orwell meant by the middle-class virtues’

The Mole

Publish and be Out to Lunch

ANONYMOUS

Standpoint’s Mole inside the publishing world bemoans the fact that it’s more about marketing than quality

Cosmos

The Darwinian Delusion

STEVE FULLER

Science makes no sense from an evolutionary standpoint, so why have we done it – and why do we continue to do it?

Marketplace

TIM CONGDON

‘Absolutely no one believes that the earth could produce 17 times as much oil as today. The stuff simply is not there’

Little Platoons

Defending Europe's Pariahs

LOUIS AMIS

This month's small charity making a big difference is The European Roma Rights Centre

Imagination

Party Lines

DAISY WAUGH

Daisy Waugh eavesdrops on the chattering classes

The Outsider

DOUGLAS MURRAY

‘ “Islamophobia” is a nonsense term. There are reasons to be fearful of some aspects and versions of Islam’

The Way We (Don't) Live Now

JAMES DELINGPOLE

There is almost no end to the myriad pettifogging ways in which we’ve contrived to make the whole driving experience as miserable as possible

Points East and West

EMANUELE OTTOLENGHI

‘Our destiny is determined by benevolent and somewhat patronising philosopher kings’

Utopia

Reconsidering the Nanny State

BY ALAIN DE BOTTON

Both parties believe we need nannying, so let them tell us what kind

Guest Speaker

JOHN BOLTON

‘Being an American, I asked one Welsh policeman if he was armed; he smiled and said: “I might be.” ’

Open Season

JULIE BURCHILL

‘Trafalgar Square, where 45,000 of us had rallied, was full and fun but somehow very tranquil’