Hugo NewmanJustification and Explanation in the Israel-Palestine ConflictI’ve noticed a frustrating dynamic over recent weeks in the already exasperating debates about the Israel-Palestine conflict. Both “sides”…8 min read·Dec 6, 2023--1--1
Hugo NewmanA Critique of Wokeness: Definable, and IndefensibleI tend to recoil at casual mention of the word “woke”. In part, that’s a function of the fact that it has been so liberally misused by…58 min read·Mar 4, 2023----
Hugo NewmanA 2 Year Retrospective on the Greatest Peacetime Political Misstep in the Modern History of the…I want you to run a quick thought experiment. Imagine yourself as you were 4 years ago. It’s 2018, and we’re coming into the winter months…33 min read·Oct 9, 2022----
Hugo NewmanThe Abortion Debate is a MessOf all the conversation topics that’s liable to provoke rage within the first few sentences, abortion has to be at least in the top three…17 min read·Jul 2, 2022----
Hugo NewmanWhy everyone’s wrong about Twitter and Elon Musk1. Twitter is not a “digital public square”. Please stop saying that, whether you’re on the left or on the right. It’s a private online…5 min read·Apr 26, 2022----
Hugo NewmanTowards a New, Radical Political Centre: Part 1Much has been made recently of the need to fortify something like a “new centre” as a corrective to the unsavory excesses of both right…13 min read·Aug 25, 2020----
Hugo NewmanBLM’s Kafkatrap ProblemI think enough time has passed now to be able to speak frankly and reflect soberly on some of the recent events surrounding the BLM…6 min read·Jul 25, 2020--5--5
Hugo NewmanAn Exit Strategy for COVID-19In recent weeks the governments of many major European nations have been converging towards short-term social and economic lockdowns as a…9 min read·Apr 2, 2020----
Hugo NewmanI couldn’t find any “climate crisis” in the IPCC’s most recent Assessment ReportThe public rhetoric surrounding climate change has reached fever pitch in recent months. The rise to prominence of the impressive young…20 min read·Jun 5, 2019--10--10
Hugo NewmanSome Freewheeling, Inchoate Thoughts on ReligionThe following is me taking creative license with some features of religion, specifically religion in the Judaeo-Christian tradition. What…13 min read·May 5, 2019----
