NEW EU �REFUGEE� LAWS
Read this and thank goodness for Australia�s immigration laws! At least there is one Western country that has not thrown the floodgates wide open.
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CRIME HELL IN LONDON
The �soft-on-crime� attitude and politically-correct police-bashing of the Left-leaning British government seems to have had the predictable effect: See here.
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TONSORIAL CORRECTNESS IN CHINA
China hand [...]
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NEW EU �REFUGEE� LAWS
Read this and thank goodness for Australia�s immigration laws! At least there is one Western country that has not thrown the floodgates wide open.
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CRIME HELL IN LONDON
The �soft-on-crime� attitude and politically-correct police-bashing of the Left-leaning British government seems to have had the predictable effect: See here.
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TONSORIAL CORRECTNESS IN CHINA
China hand [...]
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THE �CRUDE� BRITISH REVISITED
I recently (on 19th) put up a post questioning Andrew Sullivan�s claim that the British are �crude� and rude compared to Americans. My underlying point was that he was failing to give proper recognition to the stratified nature of both his own and British society and was making an unfair comparison [...]
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THE �CRUDE� BRITISH REVISITED
I recently (on 19th) put up a post questioning Andrew Sullivan�s claim that the British are �crude� and rude compared to Americans. My underlying point was that he was failing to give proper recognition to the stratified nature of both his own and British society and was making an unfair comparison [...]
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LEFTIST SANITY ON GLOBALIZATION
Australian philosopher Peter Singer is something of a hero on the loony Left but he seems to have had an attack of good sense recently and come out IN FAVOUR OF globalization — on the undoubtedly true grounds that it will reduce global poverty. This article by Greg Easterbrook (apparently a moderate [...]
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LEFTIST SANITY ON GLOBALIZATION
Australian philosopher Peter Singer is something of a hero on the loony Left but he seems to have had an attack of good sense recently and come out IN FAVOUR OF globalization — on the undoubtedly true grounds that it will reduce global poverty. This article by Greg Easterbrook (apparently a moderate [...]
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THE TUGBOAT THAT COULDN’T
“The Tugboat Potemkin” had a couple of bad trips recently. It started out in a way that would have done Eisenstein proud — with metaphorical sparks flying from its Soviet funnel. To wit:
“One of the nastier little half-truths circulating in some parts of the blogging world is that the African [...]
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THE TUGBOAT THAT COULDN’T
“The Tugboat Potemkin” had a couple of bad trips recently. It started out in a way that would have done Eisenstein proud — with metaphorical sparks flying from its Soviet funnel. To wit:
“One of the nastier little half-truths circulating in some parts of the blogging world is that the African [...]
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THE “CRUDE” BRITISH
In The New Republic of November 2nd., Andrew Sullivan put out an article in which he noted that crude British working class culture is now well displayed and catered for in the British media and that its export to the United States has been a great commercial success. But he took [...]
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THE “CRUDE” BRITISH
In The New Republic of November 2nd., Andrew Sullivan put out an article in which he noted that crude British working class culture is now well displayed and catered for in the British media and that its export to the United States has been a great commercial success. But he took [...]
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CHINA DENOUNCES MARXISM
In case you did not see it in today’s papers
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CHARITY — PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE
Orrin Judd put up some time ago an excellent review of De Tocqueville which shows just how prescient the old-timer was. His arguments sound right and relevant to this day: Excerpt:
“Individual alms-giving established valuable ties between the rich [...]
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CHINA DENOUNCES MARXISM
In case you did not see it in today’s papers
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CHARITY — PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE
Orrin Judd put up some time ago an excellent review of De Tocqueville which shows just how prescient the old-timer was. His arguments sound right and relevant to this day: Excerpt:
“Individual alms-giving established valuable ties between the rich [...]
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GROUP IDENTITY OBSESSION
At one time Leftists (and others) would condemn racism because it �categorized� people. Treating people as instances of some group to which they belonged rather than as individuals was widely seen as a VERY bad thing. Today that seems to be all turned around. Hatred of Israelis and Jews generally [...]
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GROUP IDENTITY OBSESSION
At one time Leftists (and others) would condemn racism because it �categorized� people. Treating people as instances of some group to which they belonged rather than as individuals was widely seen as a VERY bad thing. Today that seems to be all turned around. Hatred of Israelis and Jews generally [...]
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�CONSERVATIVES� HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ANTI-STATIST
I have often made the point that it is a love of individual liberty that is central to the political Right rather than opposition to change. Most �conservatives� I know would like to see a HEAP of changes in the world around us. So today, I want [...]
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�CONSERVATIVES� HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ANTI-STATIST
I have often made the point that it is a love of individual liberty that is central to the political Right rather than opposition to change. Most �conservatives� I know would like to see a HEAP of changes in the world around us. So today, I want [...]
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ANGLO-GERMANOSPHERE
Razib at Gene Expression points out that in the recently released Index of Freedom, all the top countries seem to have a connection to the Anglosphere or are Germanic. India, of course, would usually be seen as part of the Anglosphere. This does tie in rather well with my contention made in previous [...]
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ANGLO-GERMANOSPHERE
Razib at Gene Expression points out that in the recently released Index of Freedom, all the top countries seem to have a connection to the Anglosphere or are Germanic. India, of course, would usually be seen as part of the Anglosphere. This does tie in rather well with my contention made in previous [...]
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