Author Archives: leslie

Woke – Curse of the Thinking Classes

Posted on July 22, 2020 by leslie

Woke – Curse of the Thinking Classes Ilana Mercer on the enemy within They’re unwilling to defend true dissidents, but Beltway lite libertarians and Con Inkers are forever genuflecting to privileged legacy journalists, who can afford to voluntarily leave their … Continue reading →

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Fake History, from the EU

Posted on July 15, 2020 by leslie

Fake History, from the EU William Hartley has iron in the soul In 1999, recognising there was no single event which shaped the European landscape greater than the Industrial Revolution, Britain, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands applied for EU funding … Continue reading →

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When “Col. Mike” met the “Mercerator”

Posted on July 12, 2020 by leslie

When “Col. Mike” met the “Mercerator”  Ilana Mercer, back on the air On July 2, 2020, with my favorite radio broadcaster, “Col. Mike”, of the John Fredericks Show, syndicated out of Virginia, for a wide-ranging discussion of the issues of … Continue reading →

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Fear of Frying

Posted on July 8, 2020 by leslie

Fear of Frying Dresden, the Fire and the Darkness, Sinclair McKay, Viking (imprint of Penguin Books), 2020, reviewed by Leslie Jones “Man is at bottom a savage, horrible beast”, Arthur Schopenhauer Historian James Holland, a ubiquitous presence on television programmes … Continue reading →

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The Failure of Canadian Conservatism

Posted on July 5, 2020 by leslie

The Failure of Canadian Conservatism Mark Wegierski, writing on the 153rd anniversary of Canadian Confederation This essay is partially based on Mark Wegierski’s paper, ‘An Ineluctable Direction of Progressive Development?: The Ongoing Failure of the Right in Canada’ (read by … Continue reading →

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A Writer’s Writer in an Age of Mediocrity

Posted on July 5, 2020 by leslie

A Writer’s Writer in an Age of Mediocrity Ilana Mercer on H.L. Mencken H.L. Mencken, a contrarian polemicist and consummate critic, who wrote prolifically from 1899 until 1948, may no longer seem relevant, but the fault would not be his. … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, July 2020

Posted on July 1, 2020 by leslie

ENDNOTES, July 2020 In this edition: late-romantic piano quintets by Franck and Fauré; & a classical music establishment in meltdown, by Stuart Millson The Prague-based Wihan Quartet – winners of the London International String Quartet Competition in 1991 – has … Continue reading →

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Love in a Covid Climate

Posted on June 28, 2020 by leslie

Love in a Covid Climate  by Ilana Mercer, spellbound There was a reason why this expatriate missed Canada of late. In particular, the every-day normalcy of its local CTV News. Often so apolitical, Canadians are always less eager to feature … Continue reading →

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Embattled Monuments

Posted on June 23, 2020 by leslie

Embattled Monuments Ilana Mercer, contra “kerns and gallowglasses”  Steve Hilton is a Briton who anchors a current-affairs show on Fox News. Mr. Hilton made the following feeble, snowflake’s case for the removal of the nation’s historically offensive statues: It’s offensive … Continue reading →

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Knee Jerk Reaction

Posted on June 21, 2020 by leslie

Knee Jerk Reaction From Stuart Millson, standing tall    By the end of the 19th-century, the British Empire had achieved a supremacy surpassing that of ancient Rome. The onetime Roman colony at the edge of Europe had become the greatest … Continue reading →

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