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Critical Race Theory Transcends Reality

Posted on September 20, 2020 by leslie

Critical Race Theory Transcends Reality by Ilana Mercer Inciting racial hatred against whites is all in a day’s work on CNN. It devolves into a more festive affair when a celebrity like DL Hughley joins the network’s conga-line of cretins. … Continue reading →

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Arguing with Racists

Posted on September 17, 2020 by leslie

Letter to the Editor: Arguing with Racists Sir   The transformation of the Eugenics Education Society into the Galton Institute has not been as radical as the “political correction” of the Royal Anthropological Institute, let alone the Institute of Race Relations. … Continue reading →

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Cesare Bourgeois

Posted on September 16, 2020 by leslie

Cesare Bourgeois John Gooch, Mussolini’s War: Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943, Allen Lane, London, 2020, maps, illustrations, bibliography, notes, index, pp.vii-xxiv + pp.1-410, ISBN 978-0-241-18570-4, review essay by Frank Ellis Fidarsi è bene, ma non fidarsi è meglio … Continue reading →

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All over it, like White on Rice

Posted on September 13, 2020 by leslie

All over it, like White on Rice Ilana Mercer critiques Critical Race Theory Critical Race Theory is the supposedly “remedial” lens through which America’s race reality is refracted. Look hard enough and the need for this theoretical concoction becomes abundantly … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, September 2020

Posted on September 10, 2020 by leslie

ENDNOTES, September 2020 In this edition: as the BBC reinstates ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ to the Proms season finale, Stuart Millson recalls the Last Night of the Proms, 1982 Back in the days of Sir Malcolm Sargent, Basil Cameron … Continue reading →

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When Kyle Came to Kenosha

Posted on September 7, 2020 by leslie

When Kyle Came to Kenosha Ilana Mercer, from embattled America Having done an about face against rioting, the sanctimonious Don Lemon, at CNN, giggled and smirked his way through a segment about “racist” white suburbanites, who imagined any decent rioter would … Continue reading →

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The Knee on Floyd’s Neck

Posted on August 24, 2020 by leslie

The Knee on Floyd’s Neck Ilana Mercer, on racism and law Racism consists of impolite thoughts and words. If that’s what racism is, then the knee on George Floyd’s neck does not constitute racism. On the facts, the knee on … Continue reading →

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Selected Correspondence of Ronald Syme

Posted on August 21, 2020 by leslie

Selected Correspondence of Ronald Syme ANTHONY R. BIRLEY, THE SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE OF RONALD SYME 1927-1939, History of Classical Scholarship, 2020, Pp. 211, reviewed by Darrell Sutton It is the opinion of many eminent classicists that Sir Ronald Syme (1903-1989) forged new … Continue reading →

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Napalm d’Or

Posted on August 19, 2020 by leslie

Napalm d’Or Bill Hartley, on Apocalypse Now It’s possible to dress like Captain Willard. There are online retail outlets which stock his tiger stripe camouflage uniform. Whilst the world’s armies long ago abandoned this exotic style, out in the virtual … Continue reading →

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Conservatism and Sociology

Posted on August 10, 2020 by leslie

Conservatism and Sociology Mark Wegierski, on the science of power In George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a central point is that semantics are critical for the  maintenance of a given social and political system. “Newspeak is Ingsoc, and Ingsoc is … Continue reading →

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