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The Bell Inn, Lyndhurst

The Bell Inn, Lyndhurst The Bell Inn is to be found in pretty, popular Lyndhurst in the New Forest, with its bustling shops and restaurants; an extremely suitable establishment for a lunch or dinner after a day exploring the paths, … Continue reading

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Trump vs. the Banana Republicans

Trump vs. the Banana Republicans Ilana Mercer draws a distinction There’s a difference between (small r) republican principles and the Republican Party’s rules of procedure. But National Review neoconservative Jonah Goldberg doesn’t see it. Or, maybe Goldberg is using America’s … Continue reading

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Titanomachia

Titanomachia Frank Ellis reviews an updated account of an epic struggle David M. Glantz and Jonathan M. House, When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler, Revised and Expanded edition, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 2015, Appendices, Index, … Continue reading

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April Fools & Journalism’s Feminisation

April Fools & Journalism’s Feminisation Ilana Mercer topples Michelle Fields In the 1990s, broadcaster Charles Sykes wrote an important book called “A Nation Of Victims: The Decay of the American Character.” Fast forward to 2016, and Mr. Sykes is defending … Continue reading

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Mill Power

Mill Power Stephen MacLean considers “Trumponomics” from a classical perspective On the campaign stump, Donald Trump’s visceral answer to manufacturing decline has been called a self-defeating return to the processes of primitive economics. But Trump’s route to powering America’s revival does … Continue reading

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Polish Canadians, Searching for a Voice (Part 5)

Polish Canadians, Searching for a Voice (part 5) Sociologist Mark Wegierski takes his analysis in a literary direction This essay is partially based on my article,“Is there a distinctive English-language Polish-Canadian writing?: In search of a fragmentary tradition.” Strumien: Rocznik … Continue reading

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Maastricht: the Prophecy that came True

Maastricht: the Prophecy that came True QR’s Stuart Millson argues that the Eurosceptic “fringe” has now been vindicated From 1991-92, a major ideological battle was fought in Britain, the reverberations of which are still pulsing through our political life. That … Continue reading

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Nietzsche – between Good and Evil

Nietzsche – between Good and Evil Chapter and verse on his anti-Semitism Was Friedrich Nietzsche anti-Semitic? In Nietzsche’s Jewish Problem, Robert C Holub shows that resolving this question requires painstaking analysis of his thought, both published and unpublished, likewise of … Continue reading

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La Traviata

La Traviata A Moment’s Halt – a momentary taste Of BEING from the Well amid the Waste – And Lo! – the phantom Caravan has reach’d The NOTHING it set out from – Oh, make haste! From the Rubáiyát of … Continue reading

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“SCOTUS” – Nominating the new Justice

“SCOTUS” – Nominating the new Justice Michael Warren Davies calls for statesmanship The theory in vogue with conservative pundits right now is that Barack Obama doesn’t even want the Republican-controlled House to confirm Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court. … Continue reading

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