Author: Dan Hannan

The United States is about to plunge into recession, pulling much of the world down with it. The tariffs announced by President Donald Trump on April 2 will reverse decades of rising wealth based on specialization and exchange, based on little more than his unfocused feelings. Announcing his new rates, the president claimed they were…

Last year, the Economist warned that “Javier Milei would be a danger for democracy in Argentina” on the eve of his election. Twelve months on, that global voice of “Sensible Centrism” has changed its tune: “Javier Milei’s reforms hold lessons for the world.” You can see its point. In his first year, the Argentine president…

Henry Gunther was killed at 10:59 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, the last fatality of World War I. The former bank clerk from Baltimore was charging a German machine-gun emplacement in eastern France, possibly because he wanted to redeem himself after being reduced in rank from sergeant to private. There had been heavy fighting throughout…

Last week, the Afghan government published a new morality code. Among other things, it lays down that women must not wear thin, tight, or short clothes and that they must always cover their faces when appearing in public. I hope your reaction is the same as mine, namely, “What people choose to wear is none…

Already, the moment is sliding away. Once again, Nicolas Maduro has declared himself president after an obviously sham election in Venezuela. Once again, the only countries to accept the validity of the poll are Russia, Iran, China, Belarus, and the international delinquents. In 2018, it briefly looked as if the country’s long nightmare was over.…