Counterpoints- Page 40

Short, sharp commentary from Standpoint on media, politics, religion and public life. Brief pieces with an edge.

Boomerang Kids

Moving back to your parents’ house is fun at first, but boomeranging is a cause for concern Normally when I pop in to see my parents, my Mum bursts out of the

June 25, 2009

Counterpoints·Economy·Education·Modern Life

To One War, 55 Marks

This year’s war on expenses is nothing compared to the one started in 1939 – World War II In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes,”

June 24, 2009

Counterpoints·Germany·History·Poland·UK Politics·Westminster

Art for Art’s Sake

A major exhibition in Berlin proves that the spirit of provocation is alive and well in German art

May 28, 2009

Art·Counterpoints·Germany

Common Touch

Michelle Obama’s embrace of the Queen recalls our long-ago monarchs who were more tactile - and much more touchy

April 28, 2009

Counterpoints

Divo Giulio

Giulio Andreotti is the subject of a new film exploring the labyrinthine nature of political power in Italy “Power wearies those who don’t have it,” is a favourite aphorism of the former

April 28, 2009

Counterpoints

Dashed Bad Form

The elegant semi-colon is dying out; it is being replaced by the em-dash—the all-purpose tool of the lazy writer

April 28, 2009

Counterpoints

Burnt Out

The smoking ban has managed to make the once-cool habit look anti-social and silly

April 4, 2009

Counterpoints·Health·Modern Life

BBC Kremlin Service

The Foreign Office must realise that cuts at the BBC Russian Service have turned it into an arm of the Kremlin propaganda machine

April 4, 2009

Counterpoints·Media·Politics·Russia

Family Values

Washing your dirty linen in public is all the rage, at the cost of precious family loyalty What price loyalty? Not very much, it seems, judging by the number of betrayals that

April 4, 2009

Counterpoints·Family·Modern Life·Publishing

Editorial image for "From One Oxymoron to Another" — The think-tank Demos has switched from New Labour to 'Progressive…

The think-tank Demos has switched from New Labour to ‘Progressive Conservatism’. Philip Blond has journeyed from ‘Radical Orthodoxy’ to ‘Red Toryism’. Now the two have joined forces and both Right and Left

April 3, 2009

Counterpoints·The Church of England·UK Politics·Westminster