How many countries can you name that, having being released from an oppressive centrist regime, all work together to form a happy new country with little or no separatist ambition from the regions? I´m struggling – Germany survived WW2 and the downfall of Hitler … let´s make it harder: How many countries that were cobbled together [...]
French going to teach us to be Europeans
Those habitual anti-progressives and occasional rioters, the French, have announced a proposal to create European Lessons in secondary schools across the 25-state union. In a sardonic nod to the democratic process, several of the ideas are ‘are recycled from the constitution’s ruins.’ Remind me, who was it that first rejected the French authored [...]
The Neocon’s break ranks
Power
The polarising effects of the Bush administration have been assessed many times, both by ideologues on the left, and on the right. Pragmatic centrists such as myself, have also considered them, and found that it’s idealism that separates the two camps.
The Bush of 2000 was of course, we now know, and have always suspected, [...]
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Where’s the left-wing satire gone?
Mark Steyn wrote earlier this year about the lack of humour among the political left, published this January in the National Review, the article protested: -
Occasionally I get asked by a reader what it will take to finally scuttle contemporary western progressivism. And, having mulled it over for a few years, [...]
Terrorists Take Over US Port
President Bush is allowing a UAE company (Dubai Ports) to take control of six major US sea ports as part of the Dubai company´s acquisition of UK shipping company P&O.
Dubai Ports are an established and successful port management company and hail from the relatively western-friendly United Arab Emirates. Many US sea ports have long been privatised. The Bush [...]
Democrats Missing the Target
This excellent Guardian article backs up my point about criticism of Cheney over the hunting accident. Glenn Reynolds rightly points out how opponents of the Bush White House are just shouting about everything in a “scattergun” manner, thus drowing out real constructive concerns: “the response to the “cartoon jihad” by Islamic extremists has been limp. [...]
The David Irving trial should collapse…UPDATED
David Irving is a rotter, and a racist, but his current trial in Vienna is a travesty of justice.
Austrian law forbids holocaust denial and Irving faces up to ten-years. Today he pleaded guilty to the charges, claiming that it was pointless to contest the charge as he was clearly in violation of the laws, [...]
Giuliani a serious contender?
While your first source should be Mr.Zhisou’s comprehensive series on the runners: 2008 Watch, for another interesting review of Ruddy Giuliani’s chances see Andrew Sullivan’s excellent article in today’s Sunday Times review.
£6m to behead cartoonist – better odds than the lottery?
If more evidence were needed that the world is going nuts in the wake of the Mohammed cartoons, check out this story out courtesy of The Sunday Times: -
A MINISTER in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has offered a £6m reward to anyone who beheads one of the Danish cartoonists who outraged Muslims by [...]
The Ice is Melting
The US are being taken to the UN for their failure to prevent temeperature rises which are damaging the protected area of Waterton-Glacier Peace Park (see here).
Despite Bush recently thawing his hostility to climate change science (well, he had to, really, he was starting to look stupid in the face of the overwhelming scientific concensus), this [...]
