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It’s the Presidency, stupid

It’s the Presidency, stupid Ilana Mercer observes how the liberal media protect their own Big media are all about the angle, the spin. Look to the overarching theme that runs through each and every news story. Be hip to the … Continue reading

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New Poetry from Australia

      Difference on behalf of the eccentrics, court jesters and poets may I say if everyone was like us there may be chaos but if no-one was like us would dull uniformity win?       Old Age … Continue reading

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In with a bullet

In with a bullet Robert Henderson reviews an American blockbuster American Sniper Main cast: Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle Sienna Miller as Taya Renae Kyle Max Charles as Colton Kyle Luke Grimes as Marc Lee Kyle Gallner as Goat-Winston Sam … Continue reading

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Stealing Valour

Stealing Valour Ilana Mercer condemns premature forgiveness Of New York Times columnist David Brooks it has been said that he is “the sort of conservative pundit that liberals like.” Not being a conservative or a liberal, I find him consistently … Continue reading

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ENDNOTES, March 2015

ENDNOTES March 2015 In this edition: Treasured Classics from violinist, Devorina Gamalova * Wim Henderickx and his avant-garde collective * Tasmin Little plays French violin sonatas * Elgar from Norway A former principal violinist of the Neue Elbland Philharmonic Orchestra … Continue reading

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Posturing, positioning and electioneering

Posturing, positioning and electioneering Derek Turner anticipates a possible transformation of the political landscape As the general election campaign limps into its last months, politicians have been working hard to sway what is expected to be an unusually unpredictable race. … Continue reading

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The Ambrette, Canterbury

EpiQR Epicurean Expeditions with Em Marshall-Luck The Ambrette, Canterbury Canterbury is a city that has long held a position of not just importance but also affection in the nation’s consciousness. From its early days as a Roman town through to … Continue reading

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Barack Obama misunderstands Islam

Barack Obama misunderstands Islam Ilana Mercer makes the case The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) is not Islamic, announced Barack Obama, during a White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism (with an emphasis on violence inspired by the … Continue reading

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Inside Putin’s Russia

Inside Putin’s Russia Frank Ellis reviews a timely but one-sided account Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia, Faber & Faber, London, 2015, ISBN 978-0-571-30801-9 Unlike Anne Applebaum, who is cited on the rear … Continue reading

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Weber’s Epigone

Weber’s Epigone  Bill Hartley considers a curious contention Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism, Benedikt Koehler, Lexington Books, London 2014, 212pps  The Prophet Muhammad was a businessman and entrepreneur. This is one of the many interesting facts revealed in … Continue reading

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