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The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

Posted on December 11, 2018 by leslie

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 →

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Rebarbarisation

Posted on December 9, 2018 by leslie

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 →

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Carmen Review – Dance of Death

Posted on December 4, 2018 by leslie

Carmen Review – Dance of Death Carmen; opéra comique in three acts, music composed by Georges Bizet, conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after Prosper Mérimée’s novella Carmen, directed by Barrie Kosky, Royal Opera 30th November 2018, … Continue reading →

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The Left Wants America to go Borderless

Posted on December 2, 2018 by leslie

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 →

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Joseph Bonomi’s Temple of Horus

Posted on December 2, 2018 by leslie

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 →

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A Thought Experiment

Posted on November 27, 2018 by leslie

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 →

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Public Flogging, a Modest Proposal

Posted on November 27, 2018 by leslie

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

Posted on November 27, 2018 by leslie

Set design by Girolamo Magnani for 1881 revision 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, … Continue reading →

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Acts of Mutilation

Posted on November 27, 2018 by leslie

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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This Bank and Shoal of Time

Posted on November 13, 2018 by leslie

This Bank and Shoal of Time Macbeth, tragedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, RSC, Barbican Theatre, Saturday 10th November 2018, directed by Polly Findlay, reviewed by Leslie Jones Time, as critic Michael Billington reminds us, is a recurrent theme in … Continue reading →

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