Contributor: Alexander Barker

17 October, 2011

Alexander Barker

International Deceit

John Mearsheimer's Why Leaders Lie attempts to account for the habit among politicians to lie to their constituents.


2 May, 2011

William Kolkey and Alexander Barker

An Interview with Niall Ferguson

Ferguson deplores waning Western self-confidence and counsels engaging children with the brushstrokes of history.


14 March, 2011

Alexander Barker and Alex Niven

An Interview with Ken Loach

Director Ken Loach speaks about the film industry, British politics, and his new film, Route Irish.


7 February, 2011

William Kolkey and Alexander Barker

An Interview with Richard Watson

New technologies' influence on our minds


17 January, 2011

Alexander Barker

The Genial Self

Mary Midgley's The Solitary Self shows that the interactions of genes need not be described as selfish.


10 May, 2010

Alexander Barker

The Election That Wasn’t There

Why the British Election Didn't Take Place


18 January, 2010

Alexander Barker

An Argument From Authority

Frank Furedi's Wasted: Why Education Isn't Educating


9 November, 2009

Alexander Barker

On a Socialist Camping Trip

G. A. Cohen's Why Not Socialism?