Monthly Archives: May 2014

Fee-fi-fo-fem, I smell the blood of a racist ILANA MERCER

Fee-fi-fo-fem, I smell the blood of a racist ILANA MERCER denounces a denouncer “You’re a racist.” “No, you’re a bigger racist.” “No way; you hang with the Hoppe, Rockwell and Ron Paul crowd of libertarians; they’re ‘known’ racists, so you’re … Continue reading

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ENDNOTES – Tosca by Numbers LESLIE JONES

    ENDNOTES – Tosca by Numbers Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, Royal Opera House, 13th May 2014, production by Jonathan Kent: the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by Oleg Caetani, with Oksana Dyka as Floria Tosca, Roberto Alagna … Continue reading

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ENDNOTES – A sad pavan for these distracted times STUART MILLSON

ENDNOTES A sad pavan for these distracted times STUART MILLSON remembers two overlooked English Civil War composers The period of the English Civil War was a time of profound anxiety for the country. The breakdown of authority and civil order … Continue reading

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Class inaction EDWARD DUTTON

Class inaction EDWARD DUTTON finds that societies tend towards social immobility The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility Gregory Clark, Princeton University Press, 2014, hb.,   366pp In his ground-breaking 2007 book A Farewell to Alms, … Continue reading

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The elephant in the Pistorius courtroom ILANA MERCER

The elephant in the Pistorius courtroom ILANA MERCER interviews Afrikaner campaigner Dan Roodt Philosopher Dan Roodt, Ph.D., is a noted Afrikaner activist, author, literary critic and director of PRAAG. He is the author of the polemical essay, The Scourge of … Continue reading

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The ridiculous racial merry-go-round ILANA MERCER

The ridiculous racial merry-go-round ILANA MERCER observes an American recreational activity in full flow What were CNN and MSNBC doing while Russia Today was broadcasting an interview with Ehud Barack about the breakdown of “peace talks” between Israelis and Palestinians, … Continue reading

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A Northern Light for Europe’s darkest hour STODDARD MARTIN

  A Northern Light for Europe’s Darkest Hour STODDARD MARTIN enjoys a new biography of one of the most admirable – if enigmatic – figures of World War Two THE HERO OF BUDAPEST: The Triumph and Tragedy of Raoul Wallenberg … Continue reading

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