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Current Affairs and comment

Canadian Thanksgiving, 2019

Posted on October 17, 2019 by leslie

Canadian Thanksgiving, 2019 Mark Wegierski dissects Canada’s prosperity  Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October. Canada is certainly a country which has been blessed with great material bounty. However, in these troubled times, some somber reflections seem appropriate. … Continue reading →

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Homeless in Seattle, Part 2

Posted on October 15, 2019 by leslie

Homeless in Seattle, Part 2 Ilana Mercer shows how high-tech sucks the soul from the city Trust the late Anthony Bourdain, the Kerouac of cooking, to blurt out the truth when nobody else would. Following his Jack Kerouac wanderlust, Bourdain had … Continue reading →

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Blessed are the Peacemakers

Posted on October 12, 2019 by leslie

Blessed are the Peacemakers Lansdowne; The Last Great Whig, Simon Kerry, Unicorn, 398pp, 2017, ISBN  978-1-910787-95-3, reviewed by Angela Ellis-Jones This biography of Lord Lansdowne, one of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain’s most distinguished people, is written by the subject’s … Continue reading →

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Homeless in Seattle, Part 1

Posted on October 6, 2019 by leslie

Homeless in Seattle, Part 1 by Ilana Mercer To expatiate on the subject of homelessness in Seattle, Tucker Carlson regularly invites on his Fox News show a Republican liberal who broadcasts out of Seattle. Aside from a pastiche of liberal ideas, … Continue reading →

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They Shall not Pass

Posted on October 2, 2019 by leslie

They Shall not Pass Bill Hartley reconnoitres Trump’s wall Periodically there are stories on television about President Trump’s plan to fence off the US-Mexico border. These are often illustrated by aerial shots of migrants trekking across country or of groups … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal for a Referendum Act

Posted on September 25, 2019 by leslie

A Modest Proposal for a Referendum Act by Monty Skew The democratic  system is broken. Parliament was prorogued and that has now been deemed unlawful after legal arguments to reverse it were accepted in a process which will create yet more … Continue reading →

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White-Hating Politics

Posted on September 23, 2019 by leslie

White-Hating Politics By Ilana Mercer  In “It’s Not ‘Identity Politics,’ It’s Anti-White Politics,” I questioned whether the term “identity politics” vaguely comports with our racial politics on terra firma. The answer was a resounding “no.” For, “Whatever is convulsing the … Continue reading →

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Letter to the Editor, 20th September

Posted on September 21, 2019 by leslie

Letter to the Editor, 20th September SIR In Westminster and in Bruxelles, the song remains the same. Our “true” values are “tolerance” and “an open door” to anyone who wants to settle here. On Friday 13th September 2019, accordingly, The Daily Telegraph published … Continue reading →

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White Guilt and Christianity

Posted on September 17, 2019 by leslie

White Guilt and Christianity By Ilana Mercer Is white guilt a Christian affliction? Edward Gibbon would probably have said so. In “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” 12 volumes, 1776, he saddled nascent Christianity with … Continue reading →

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Letter to the Editor

Posted on September 8, 2019 by leslie

Letter to the Editor  SIR – How should Boris Johnson deal with the Bill which requires that he seek a further extension from the EU, expected to be on the Statute Book by Monday 9th September? When asked “What will … Continue reading →

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