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The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement by Mark Wegierski It seemed, in the summer of 1987, that Brian Mulroney’s Progressive Conservative federal government was headed for one of the worst defeats in Canadian political history. In many of the 1986 and … Continue reading
Rebarbarisation
Rebarbarisation Robert Gellately, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Third Reich, Oxford University Press, New York, 2018, pp. 383, reviewed by Gregory Slysz The number of books on the Third Reich or the Second World War could fill several libraries. So … Continue reading
The Left Wants America to go Borderless
The Left Wants America to go Borderless By Ilana Mercer That’s the law. Nothing can be done about it. And that’s the left-liberal reaction to any rational action to stop the stampede of uneducated and unruly masses toward and over the … Continue reading
Joseph Bonomi’s Temple of Horus
Joseph Bonomi’s Temple of Horus By Bill Hartley Travelling west out of Leeds railway station the traveller can see three towers close to the tracks. They bring a touch of the Italian renaissance to a Yorkshire city and are all … Continue reading
A Thought Experiment
A Thought Experiment By Mark Wegierski The thought-experiment is a recognized form of obtaining insight, even in the hard sciences. Aldous Huxley, who died on November 22, 1963, would probably have appreciated a hypothetical situation like the one below. Let … Continue reading
Public Flogging, a Modest Proposal
Public Flogging, a Modest Proposal By Ilana Mercer In the title of his magisterial novel, Fyodor Dostoevsky paired “Crime and Punishment,” not crime and pardons, or crime and “Civics lessons,” amnesty and asylum. Punishment must closely follow a crime in order to … Continue reading
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Graffiti, Politti
Graffiti, Politti Royal Opera, Simon Boccanegra, opera in a prologue and three acts, 15thNovember 2018, directed by Elijah Moshinsky, music by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Francesco Maria Piave revised by Arrigo Boito, orchestra conducted by Henrik Nánási, reviewed by Leslie … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Wintle, Royal Opera, Simon Boccanegra, Verdi
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Acts of Mutilation
Acts of Mutilation ENO, War Requiem, music by Benjamin Britten, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, soloists soprano Emma Bell, baritone Roderick Williams, tenor David Butt Philip, text from the Missa pro Defunctis and the poems of Wilfred Owen, 16thNovember 2018, directed … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Britten, Daniel Kramer, ENO, War Requiem
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Let’s Mobilize Stone Throwers
Let’s Mobilize Stone Throwers By Ilana Mercer In the United States, even Customs and Border Protection apologizes for doing its job. CBP is supposed to “protect[s] the public from dangerous people and materials attempting to cross the border …” On … Continue reading →
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