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Word Up
Word Up Bernd U Schipper, Proverbs 1-15, Fortress Press, 2019, Pp. i-xxvi, 1-579, reviewed by Darrell Sutton Paremiology is the branch of study that delves into the compilation of proverbs. By far the most popular wise words from antiquity are … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernd U Schipper, King Solomon, Proverb, Proverbs
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Letter to the Editor, June 2020
Letter to the Editor, June 2020 Sir, The demographic profile of the American protestors is indicative. Predominantly late teens and millennials. Multi-ethnic, mainly urban, well-educated, with affluent backgrounds. Pre-destined for professional careers, present circumstances notwithstanding. Professor Glayde Whitney once told … Continue reading
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ENDNOTES, June 2020
ENDNOTES, June 2020 John Ireland et al. at the online English Music Festival; music for horn by Peter Seabourne and Robin Holloway, reviewed by Stuart Millson With our concert halls closed and orchestras silent, the performance of classical music has … Continue reading
Covidus Interruptus, part one
Covidus Interruptus, part one Ilana Mercer, beyond the pleasure principle Ideas about liberty, thankfully, have evolved. Egas Moniz, a Portuguese neurologist, received a Nobel Prize for performing lobotomies on his vulnerable, unconsenting psychiatric patients, or victims. Today, he is despised … Continue reading
A Light, Shining in Darkness
A Light, Shining in Darkness Alexandra Popoff, Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2019, pp. ix-xi + pp. 1-326 + notes, photos, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-0-300-22278-4, reviewed by Frank Ellis I begin with … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandra Popoff, Hitler, Holodomor, Kursk Salient, Lenin, Prokhorovka, Stalin, Stalingrad, Tolstoy, Vasily Grossman
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Assignation with Greta
Assignation with Greta by Bill Hartley Some rivers are well known with their name denoting a whole region. Others can be quite obscure and it doesn’t help when more than one river carries the same name. There are two called … Continue reading
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Tagged Dickens, Greta Bridge, John Cotman, River Greta, Sir Walter Scott, Turner
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Closely Observed Construction Sites
Closely Observed Construction Sites Ilana Mercer digs deep “Nothing unusual; its [sic] my jogging routine,” writes a Twitter user. His sarcastic words are appended to a doctored image of joggers running through a construction site, while Ahmaud Arbery loiters in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahmaud Arbery, Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael
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The Sick Man of Europe
The Sick Man of Europe By Stuart Millson, moonlighting again Engulfed by 220,000 Covid-19 infections and with a death toll to date of 32,000 souls, the United Kingdom has, in the current pandemic, truly become the “sick man of Europe” … Continue reading
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Tagged "Stay Alert", "Stay at Home", Covid-19, NHS
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A bridge too far
A bridge too far Ilana Mercer ups the ante Dr. Michael Baden determined that George Floyd died by cop. The courageous onlookers who filmed the snuff film could have told him. The nation’s foremost forensic pathologist was called in to investigate … Continue reading →
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