Kaliningrad: Russia’s Outpost in Europe’s Heart
March 19, 2010
"It is almost impossible to believe this misery was once a beautiful German city known as Königsberg, where Kant thought, Herder wrote and Prussia
Palestine’s Tragedy
March 19, 2010
The recent Israeli Apartheid Week shamefully neglected Zionism's complaisance to peaceful co-existence
Chicklit is Sexist
March 17, 2010
Interesting article in today's Independent interviewing Daisy Goodwin, chair of the jury for this year's Orange Prize for Women's Fiction. She is utterly depressed
Adam Gadahn and al-Qaeda’s Rhetorical Strategy
March 9, 2010
Yesterday, there were conflicting reports about the arrest of American al-Qaeda (AQ) spokesman, Adam Gadahn, in Karachi. Although Pakistani officials claim he was arrested
Britain Still in Contempt of Court
March 8, 2010
Britain was "strongly urged" today to allow prisoners to vote at the general election. Officials at the Council of Europe "reiterated their serious concern"
Court & Country
March 3, 2010
In The Times today, Daniel Finkelstein comments on the ever-widening gulf between the voters and the elected. Taking the 'bullying Brown' story as his
A propos d’embezzlement…
February 19, 2010
Just in case anyone's been reading Private Eye's charming little write-up of the LPO's situation, I'd like to point out the following errors in
It’s All Ours
February 18, 2010
Why should we, as is de rigueur, believe the notion that all property is ultimately collective?