UK riots: Left and Right look for simple answers to a complex problem

It’s the welfare state! It’s the cuts! It’s Labour subsidising single mothers! It’s Thatcher undermining society! It’s Left, it’s Right, it’s liberal intelligentsia, it’s conservative callousness, it’s Their Fault, it’s Their Fault, it’s Their Fault. Humanity is a tribal species, and it’s entirely natural that we lump ourselves into groups. Our brains are evolved organs,…

Utoya massacre: a married lesbian couple, an act of heroism and a media silence

There have been several reports, since the horrifying attacks in Oslo and Utoya island two weeks ago in which 76 people died, of the heroic actions of civilians who risked their own lives to save teenagers fleeing the gunman. The New York Times and we at the Telegraph both mention a German tourist, Marcel Gleffe,…