It seems I offended a particular political tribe on a social media platform the other day. Their response reminded me of a piece I wrote quite a while ago. Welcome to the strange death of the asterisk... It used to be that the asterisk served as a modest shield, a polite veil over language deemed too offensive for...

Getting out of bed in the morning is a political decision. It sounds daft at first glance, doesn’t it? How can possibly the most innocuous decision of the day have anything to do with politics, at least for ordinary, sensible folk? The problem starts with the fact that most of us think politics is something it isn't....