Newton Emerson: Have our schools and teachers learned the lessons of the Covid pandemic?
Acknowledgement of the scale and needlessness of the disaster would be a start
Newton Emerson on the week that was: Stormont badly needs to hire a project manager
How many more fiascos will it take before they learn the lesson Kevin McCloud imparts in every episode of Grand Designs?
Newton Emerson: Stormont stance on benefits is cowardice by political choice
If Labour is going to reduce welfare spending, Stormont should consider agreeing a price to devolve certain benefits as soon as possible
Newton Emerson: No job market can put organised crime out of business
Our Saturday columnist looks back on another busy week in the news
Newton Emerson: We are world leaders in regulating protests – so why limit it to parades?
History shows we can limit protests in a way that meets human rights law
Newton Emerson: Clearing the road blocks in the way of major infrastructure
Our Saturday columnist offers his inimitable take on the week’s major news stories
Newton Emerson: The LCC exists in the space where we have forgotten what normal means
Grandiose analysis of the Troubles as a ‘dirty war’ is not matched by analysis of a dirty peace
Newton Emerson: History suggests Trump has no interest in our nonsense
Our Saturday columnist offers his inimitable take on the week’s headlines
Newton Emerson: Northern Ireland’s family farms need a balanced response to inheritance tax change after Labour’s Budget, not Stormont alarmism
We need a more nuanced defence of farming interests
Newton Emerson: The Treasury tap is back on – but does more money mean more problems for Stormont?
Newton Emerson offers his inimitable take on the week’s news headlines
Newton Emerson: Stormont reform is a goal that could unite us all
Reform is not just about preventing collapse. It is about better government and normalising democracy
Newton Emerson: Police back-pedalling, Stormont stone-walling and a plague of biting insects
Our Saturday columnist offers his inimitable take on the week’s news
Newton Emerson: Is enforced education really the best way to reach ‘neets’?
Plan to make it compulsory to remain school or training until 18 will be difficult to enforce
Newton Emerson: Everyone wants loyalist paramilitary gangs to go away - including UVF and UDA ‘members’
A look back at the week that was in the news
Newton Emerson: How competitions can change thinking and get government moving
A dramatic expansion of government competitions could be applied to transport and housing problems