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Monthly Archives: April 2007
David Hume on Edwards I and II
_Item_ Edward I’s firm line on multiculturalism: bq. The king, sensible that nothing kept alive the ideas of military valour and of ancient glory so much as the traditional poetry of the people, which, assisted by the power of music … Continue reading Continue reading
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Assorted Sunday evening links
* The _Times_ will prove [“this bishop’s”:http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6587149,00.html?gusrc=ticker-103704] a Liberal too * The “last Prince Henry surplus to requirements”:http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bstua.html found an alternative to soldiering … * I know “these are haikus”:http://blog.extensis.com/?p=382 It’s late. I’m busy. They’re funny anyway. * via Making … Continue reading Continue reading
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Gone, not fishing
I am going to cut off all access to the web from this computer until I finish the last chapter of the Swedish book. But, before I vanish, a link found by John Naughton, which I didn’t think would be … Continue reading Continue reading
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Another body part missing in Småland
From “Svenska Dagbladet”:http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/inrikes/did_15016352.asp I learn that two young men had a fight on the dance floor in J{o”}nk{o”}ping, the spiritual home of the Christian Democratic Party. The younger of the two bit off the older one’s thumb: the older one, … Continue reading Continue reading
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A very brief thought
Parked here for later use (I have to write and record a half-hour radio programme on children’s happiness by Wednesday afternoon; it will be Thursday evening’s “Analysis”:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/analysis/default.stm for anyone who is interested.) There are two huge problems facing Europe, and … Continue reading Continue reading
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Mechanical mindlesness.
There is of course a more sinister interpretation of the kind of drivel referenced in “the post before this.”:http://www.thewormbook.com/helmintholog/archives/2007/03/30/a_meeting_of_mi.html#001993 The abstract nouns — framework, integration, hallmark, strategy, etc. — may not all mean %(loony)meetings% or may not just mean that. … Continue reading Continue reading
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