Daniel Johnson

My tribute to Jürgen Habermas telegraph.co.uk/gift/62fccf1ab…

Lola Salem is brave and right to draw attention to this horrific murder by a far-Left mob. Quentin Deranque was a martyr in the true sense of the word. telegraph.co.uk/gift/a2a6f9b5a…

In recent years, young conservatives have asked me, "What should I do?" These are conservatives of the "old" variety -- more Reagan than Trump -- as young as the people themselves are. Well, here's a little article, responding to the question. jaynordlinger.com/p/what-should-…

A generous reference by Zoe Strimpel to my book “White King and Red Queen: How the Cold War was fought on the chessboard”. She argues that chess shows how geopolitical power is shifting to China and India — though Norway’s Magnus Carlsen is still No 1 telegraph.co.uk/gift/7426d426a…

British conservatives have much to learn from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, argues @DanBJohnson thecritic.co.uk/issues/februar…

Germany has long been a laboratory for political experiments, good and ill. Germany, land of experiments | @DanBJohnson engelsbergideas.com/essays/germany…

A fine tribute to David Abulafia in the JC by Daniel El-Gamry thejc.com/opinion/david-…

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My tribute to the late David Abulafia, a great historian with a moral compass telegraph.co.uk/gift/1096540c8…

Tim Martin and Wetherspoons are both sound.

Delusion, arrogance and ignorance in equal measure. A socialist government playing at venture capital. This will end badly for the taxpayer.

This is an excellent, deeply morally substantive, speech by Pope Leo. He is addressing ambassadors from nations across the globe. (I'm grateful to @FeserEdward for calling attention to the speech.) vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

Venezuela and the British Left: my article in the Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/gift/b0fe201f6…

Letter in the Daily Telegraph about Ukraine An observant reader cites an article of mine in the Telegraph from November 2004 — more than two decades ago— warning of the catastrophe that has now befallen Ukraine. Alas, our leaders weren’t paying attention… telegraph.co.uk/gift/86331bcdb…

A quite brilliant article - independent businesses are the very heart and soul of our communities - but running one is very hard work.

Zadie Smith and the perils of broad-mindedness | @tomowolade engelsbergideas.com/reviews/zadie-…

Norman Podhoretz meant a great deal to many of us. To me, he was indispensable. I will have a little series in appreciation of him, beginning today. In Part I, I talk about words and music -- two things he loved like mad. jaynordlinger.com/p/songs-for-no…

My tribute to Norman Podhoretz in the Telegraph: the last and perhaps the greatest Cold Warrior of them all telegraph.co.uk/gift/56725867f…

My tribute to Tom Stoppard for the Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/gift/f0cf4084a…

I like this remark by Daniel Johnson on the late David Pryce-Jones, 1936-2025. “He was a man of the right, but he was quite broad in his social circle, as long as he didn’t feel you were betraying the deep values of Western civilization.” nytimes.com/2025/12/02/boo…