Why JFK still haunts America
In our cynical, downbeat era, we long for some Kennedy positivity.
Read my spiked article in full here.
This week’s articles of note
“Hillary’s nightmare? A Democratic Party that realizes its soul lies with Elizabeth Warren,” The New Republic, by Noam Scheiber
“The spirit of secession sweeps the Red States,” American Conservative, by Patrick J. Buchanan
“Political divide hurts college free speech,” USA Today, by Patrick Maines
“What happened in Laramie: everything ...
Let’s debunk the de Blasio myths
Far from being a socialist, New York City’s new mayor is Bloomberg Take 2.
You can read my spiked article in full here.
This week’s articles of note
“Fixing California: the green gentry’s class warfare,” New Geography, by Joel Kotkin
“The Blue Model needs Wall Street to survive,” The American Interest, by Walter Russell Mead
“The new American capitalism: the rise of the distorporation,” The Economist
“Big Mother is watching you,” The New Republic, by Judith Shulevitz
Bystander-in-chief?
Whenever a new problem emerges – and there have been a lot of them over the past year – President Obama seems to say that he had no knowledge of it before it was in the media.
As the video here highlights, on ...
This week’s articles of note
“A blue state’s road to red,” Washington Post, by Karen Tumulty
“Democrats are stupid, too,” Bloomberg View, by Clive Crook
“Bill de Blasio and the new urban populism,” The New York Times, by Thomas B. Edsall
“The case for hate speech,” The Atlantic, by Jonathan Rauch
“Of course the ...
Interview: Australia’s Counterpoint, on ABC Radio National
I had the pleasure of discussing the US government shutdown and aftermath with Amanda Vanstone on ABC Radio National’s “Counterpoint” in Australia.
You can listen to the interview here. I recommend that you check out Counterpoint, which provides a fresh take on the news from a fellow great Pacific country.
Standing up to the new paternalists
Today’s nudging elite poses a threat to our everyday freedoms.
Read my spiked essay in full here.
Loathed and leaderless in Washington DC
As the shutdown rumbles on, the depth of America’s political crisis becomes clear.
Read my spiked article in full here.
This week’s articles of note
“Miley Cyrus syndrome: where have all the grown-ups gone?” Los Angeles Times, by Meghan Daum
“Men dither while women lead in the world,” CNN, by Hanna Rosin
“The last days of the GOP,” New Republic, by John Judis
“Gerrymandering isn’t to blame for D.C. impasse,” Real Clear Politics, by ...
ABOUT SEAN COLLINS
I write about American current affairs for Spiked, the online magazine. I am a native New Yorker, and I divide my time between New York City and upstate New York.
In addition to articles for Spiked, The Australian and other publications, I contributed an essay, "BDS: Demonizing Israel, Destroying Free Speech," for the book Unsafe Space: The Crisis of Free Speech on Campus (2016). I also wrote a chapter on New York City's economy for the book London After Recession: A Fictitious Capital? (2012).
My writings have been cited in American Conservative, Arts & Letters Daily, the Financial Times, Fox News, the Huffington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, the New York Times, Real Clear Politics, and the Times of London, among other media.
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