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Food Men Chew
Food Men Chew COVID – Ilana fingers the Chinese people China’s plague-delivery pedigree is solid. Courtesy of China, the West got the H2N2 virus in 1957 and the H3N2 virus in 1968. Granted, the Chinese viral supply chain was broken … Continue reading
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Tagged CCP, COVID, Ilana Mercer, Zoonotic diseases
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Architect of Final Victory
Architect of Final Victory HALDANE, THE FORGOTTEN STATESMAN WHO SHAPED MODERN BRITAIN, by John Campbell, Hurst Publishers, ISBN 978-1-78738-311-1, £30, reviewed by ANGELA ELLIS-JONES He has never featured in popular lists of Great Britons, and no statue of him has been erected. … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Balfour, Haldane, John Campbell, National Efficiency, The Webbs
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Lives of Others
Lives of Others by Bill Hartley One of the earliest examples of biographical writing is Plutarch’s Lives. Someone said that when it came to the amount of space he devoted to his subjects, Plutarch got it about right. For example, … Continue reading
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Tagged Evelyn Waugh, Lucien Freud, Plutarch, Sir Richard Burton
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Classicist and Secessionist
Classicist and Secessionist Darrell Sutton, on Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve The critical study of classical texts in America does not have a long history. Its development is traceable to two or three individuals whose names are of varying degrees of importance. … Continue reading
Populism versus Elitism
Populism versus Elitism Mark Wegierski provides an historical perspective It could be argued that liberalism, as a world-historical tendency, almost always begins among elites who have become corrupted by an easy life without duty and religion, and is imposed by … Continue reading
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Tagged Elitism, Enlightenment, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Liberal, Marquis de Sade, Populism
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Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee
Ilana Mercer, on the first Presidential Debate The first presidential debate, on Tuesday 29, was the first bit of fun we’ve had in a while. True, President Donald J. Trump failed to air his theory about that “big fat shot in … Continue reading
Law and Order Unites Main Street
Law and Order Unites Main Street by Ilana Mercer The book In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action has become emblematic of the times we’re living through. Its “thesis” is that looting is “joyous” and can produce … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, In Defense of Looting, The Economist, Vicky Osterweil
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Gathering Storms
Gathering Storms by Stuart Millson In 2002, the late Albert Finney starred in a film for television, directed by Richard Loncraine, about the “wilderness years” of Winston Churchill. With Vanessa Redgrave co-starring as his devoted wife Clementine, The Gathering Storm … Continue reading →
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