Monthly Archives: December 2002

high-class Schnidery

It’s nice to see a liberal who can manage real, informed contempt, as opposed to the smug and ignorant sort typified by Richard Dawkins calling Bush “An illiterate buffoon.” Here’s Joshua Michael Marshall: “It’s one thing to be a hawk … Continue reading Continue reading

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new colours

This has been positively the last rediseign of the site for 2002. Thank you. I just got bored of the retro telnet look. Continue reading

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not faeces

I really like this article, which is in the latest issue of Prospect; at least, I like most of it. There is an explanatory paragraph about Richard Dawkins, and The Selfish Gene, high up, which went in because the editor … Continue reading Continue reading

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Fukuyama says fukutowar

You have to read this, from the Wall Street Journal, a little carefully to discover that the spine of the argument is three good reasons against the war: Continue reading

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this picture

is worth a hell of a sight more than 10,000 words. Danny O’Brien has just place on the web a photograph of some of the forms he must fill in for a permanent US residence permit. (Caution. It is a … Continue reading Continue reading

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Simple admiration

Andrew Wilson’s Monday column in the Daily Telegraph is unfailingly excellent. He even manages to say something fresh about Christmas this year. Continue reading

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credit

I think that Andrew Gimson may have found the antichrist, or at least the perfect consumer:

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The free press

This is a priceless moment from the transcript of Michael White’s interview with Tony Blair. It doesn’t just stand up the virtues of Western democracy, free speech, etc. It makes me proud to be British. In what other culture, in … Continue reading Continue reading

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fan mail

I had a piece in yesterday’s Guardian about Rowan Williams’ Dimbleby lecture. While it was being edited, a voice down the line said “Can we use the email address at the bottom of your letter? Does it work?” And I … Continue reading Continue reading

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This old fogey is a yogi

This one’s for sumac: I had gone out to California to profileBob Conquest for the Guardian. He should be famous for a lot of things, but one of his talents is an astonishing skill at filthy versification. I could not, … Continue reading Continue reading

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