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Category Archives: War
God damn!
Who knew Mark Steyn could be so funny? Here we were thinking he was just a clever, shameless jeering blowhard, and all along he could make us laugh out loud. Do you remember that moment of Fallujah-like depravity in Ulster … Continue reading Continue reading
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Thought for the day
It was disillusioning enough that Bush could steal an election last time. But if he actually wins this one squarely, what on earth is the point of democracy? The justification of democracy has always been that it is a mechanism … Continue reading Continue reading
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diagnostic
Among English intellectuals today, nostalgia for the Habsburgs is the touchstone of an anti-American mind. (brought about by finishing John Gray) Continue reading
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Spinach and exercise
is clearly doing Barlow good. there’s a lovely quote here: TV, has a much smaller share of viewers than at any time in the past, but those viewers get all their information there. They get turned into a very uniform … Continue reading Continue reading
Where we are
OK. Tony Blair got off in the commons, partly because Robin Cook makes a much more credible spokesman for the opposition than Michael Howard. But on MOnday James Meek in G2, and Fisk in the Indie (links later: there’s something … Continue reading Continue reading
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The Butler Report
In full, in PDF, is already online. Continue reading
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suicide and comments
Here’s the Worm’s Eye for this week, since I had two really thoughtful letters, published as comments. Walking the largely deserted streets of Jerusalem you have plenty of time to reflect that suicide bombing is an extraordinarily effective weapon. It’s … Continue reading Continue reading
the second time as tragedy …
Marx had the order wrong. The first time round it’s funny. Here is Bill O’Reilly, one of the most popular talk show hosts in the Murdoch empire, on the radio on Thursday this week. Because look … when 2 percent … Continue reading Continue reading
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I just want to see
Tony Blair watch these pictures, with Cherie beside him: from a report of Seymour Hersh speaking at the University of Chicago: He said that after he broke Abu Ghraib people are coming out of the woodwork to tell him this … Continue reading Continue reading