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All the President’s Women

Posted on October 5, 2014 by leslie

All the President’s Women Ilana Mercer eviscerates the ladies in the House The pols and the pundits are cut up about a breach or two in the White House’s formidably protected perimeter. The People should not be. Working for government … Continue reading →

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Conquest by other means

Posted on October 4, 2014 by leslie

Conquest by other means Robert Henderson lauds Derek Turner’s latest novel Sea Changes, Derek Turner, Washington Summit Publishers, Washington, ISBN 978-1-59368-002-2, 2nd edition, 2014 The time is somewhere around the present: the place is England. Thirty-seven bodies wash-up on the … Continue reading →

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Reflections on a broken world

Posted on September 28, 2014 by leslie

Reflections on a Broken World Michael Davis evaluates poet Leo Yankevich’s new collection Leo Yankevich, Tikkun Olam and Other Poems, 2nd ed. San Francisco, Counter-Currents, 2012. Tikkun Olam, according to the blurb on the rear cover, is ‘the most important collection to date’ … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, October 2014

Posted on September 25, 2014 by leslie

ENDNOTES, October 2014 In this edition: Rachmaninov, Dohnányi and Strauss from Somm Records * Summer music from Judith Bailey * Sacred choral music from St. John’s College, Cambridge Although Endnotes has avoided “Discs of the month” and other sales-like descriptions, … Continue reading →

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Dinesh D’Souza’s American Error

Posted on September 21, 2014 by leslie

Dinesh D’Souza’s American Error by Ilana Mercer There are certainly good things about Dinesh D’Souza’s film America: Imagine a World Without Her, as sharp-eyed critics like Jack Kerwick have observed. But those don’t matter much for this reason: the central … Continue reading →

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Dworkin’s Dangerous Idea

Posted on September 20, 2014 by leslie

Dworkin’s Dangerous Idea Steve Moxon deconstructs identity politics ‘Identity politics’ (manifested most obviously as political correctness) is predicated on the realisation that the workers are never going to bring about a Marxist revolution. That Marxist theory did not work in … Continue reading →

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The Last Serious Poet?

Posted on September 20, 2014 by leslie

The Last Serious Poet? Incorrigible obfuscator or doyen – Henry Hopwood-Phillips assesses a poet on whom the jury is still out Geoffrey Hill, Broken Hierarchies: Poems 1952-2012, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013, hb, £35 Examples of writer’s block don’t come … Continue reading →

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Leave ISIS to the Homies

Posted on September 15, 2014 by leslie

Leave ISIS to the Homies Ilana Mercer discerns confusion in America’s Middle Eastern policy There was a great cry throughout the land. Non-stop propaganda from a monolithic media-military-congressional complex had convinced a petrified people of the need for a military … Continue reading →

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A burial to die for?

Posted on September 14, 2014 by leslie

                 A burial to die for? Bill Hartley attends a green interment Any listener to BBC Radio Four’s The Archers will be aware that the village of Ambridge has a Green Burial Ground. It gets frequent mentions as characters ranging from … Continue reading →

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Killing English, with Bill O’Reilly

Posted on September 5, 2014 by leslie

Killing English, with Bill O’Reilly Ilana Mercer Educates her Masters  Richard Burton exulted in his love of English. “I am as thrilled by the English language as I am by a lovely woman,” exclaimed the great actor. Bill O’Reilly, however, … Continue reading →

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