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ENDNOTES: From first to last night
ENDNOTES: From first to last night Stuart Millson looks forward to the Proms ENDNOTES, June 2015 In this edition: BBC launches its Proms programme for 2015 * Sir Andrew Davis conducts the enigmatic Charles Ives * Tasmin Little soars in … Continue reading
Living in the shadow of fascism
Living in the shadow of fascism Mark Wegierski considers the ideological consequences of the Second World War Seventy years after its end, World War II continues to shape the world. One of its main ideological results was the general discrediting … Continue reading
History through a glass darkly
History through a glass darkly Robert Henderson is simultaneously bored and exasperated by a sanitised depiction of Martin Luther King, Jnr. Selma Main cast: David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Jr. Tom Wilkinson as Lyndon B. Johnson Carmen Ejogo as … Continue reading
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Tagged Coretta Scott King, Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr, Robert Henderson, Selma
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Fame – deserved and undeserved
Fame – deserved and undeserved Ilana Mercer distinguishes between heroism and celebrity “True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world,” said a wise man named La Rochefoucauld, centuries ago. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Jenner, Chris Kyle, Ilana Mercer, Kim Kardashian
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After travelling
After travelling back in the magical country the great south land where sunshine cheers like the best wine and more innocent histories give the search for wisdom a special relish Bob Cowley is a retired public servant. He lives in Adelaide, … Continue reading
Marx out of ten?
Marx out of ten? On May Day, Mark Wegierski wonders what remains of value in Marxist thought Karl Marx and his intellectual collaborator and patron Friedrich Engels established a heritage of thought which is said today to be nearly-universally … Continue reading
Meet the Ancestors
Meet the Ancestors Ed Dutton enjoys a fascinating memoir My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past . . . by Jennifer Teege and Nikola Sellmair. Translated by Carolin Sommer. 2015. Hodder and Stoughton. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amon Goeth, Edward Dutton, Jennifer Teege, Schindler's List
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Gaddafi has the last laugh
Gaddafi has the last laugh Ilana Mercer meditates on unintended consequences When they destabilized Libya and overthrew strongman Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 the U.S. and its Canadian and European allies unleashed a series of events that accounts for the steady … Continue reading
The “right-wing Green” critique of America
The “right-wing Green” critique of America Arguments presented by Mark Wegierski, on the 45th anniversary of the first Earth Day Based on a draft of a presentation for the 2013 Conference of the Polish Association for American Studies (PAAS) (Eating … Continue reading
Pamela Geller offends ‘Sharia’ media
Pamela Geller offends ‘Sharia’ media Ilana Mercer defends the WND columnist Sandhya SomethingOrAnother is a “social change” reporter for The Washington Post. (Yes, the WaPo has such a beat.) Ms. Somashekhar (her surname copied and pasted) implied that WND columnist Pamela … Continue reading →
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