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Monthly Archives: November 2006
The level headed Andrew Stephen
who is one of the best things about the New Statesman, is not at all euphoric about the Democrat victory, saying they will now form a circular firing squad. But what he says about the Republicans is rather more worrying: … Continue reading Continue reading
Victory celebrations
The bloke who came to fix our washing machine yesterday turned out to be an ex-squaddie, who had left the army after being blown out of a troop carrier by an IED which killed one of his mates. He was … Continue reading Continue reading
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Election night music
A glorious song about Ted Haggard here. Let’s see if I can get it onto thinking Anglicans. The chorus goes something like “Meth and man ass, praise the Lord!” Catchy tune, too. Continue reading
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Never a rat, not scuttling; still wrong
John Lloyd is a really admirable journalist. I suppose I think that he is the most substantial journalistic supporter of the war: he’s not a drunk; he doesn’t rant or showboat; he’s not unduly impressed by power, but he does … Continue reading Continue reading
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Tony Judt on anti-anti-Semitism
to London today, to interview Tony Judt. Very interesting man: one thing, which may not make the interview, that he said when we were discussing American attitudes to Europe and Israel. Since courses in European history became optional twenty five … Continue reading Continue reading
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Measuring religion
[Very odd essay] in the Chronicle of Higher Education arguing that we should not measure the effects of religious practice scientifically even though we could. Why this is oddest is that it assumes that no such measurements of religious practice … Continue reading
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Arrogant, lui?
“Still, I excuse those who pray for me,” writes Dan Dennett, from his hospital bed in the course of a rather moving and sensible essay about his recent brush with death. Continue reading
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The Sunday Helmintholog
Is the Sunday Papers, or something like that: an assortment of short and mostly silly thoughts. Blondes have more fun, according to a couple of ["American researchers, who hypothesise":http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=639045] that (1) Shy people get more drunk than less shy people, … Continue reading Continue reading
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Comment is stuffed
I can’t get typekey working, so I will just go off to London this evening to see Mary Gauthier at the Roundhouse. Highly recommended. Continue reading
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Do me a favour, please
Could people with typekey identities try to post comments? They should go through at once. I can’t work out if I have got this working properly. Continue reading
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