Monthly Archives: October 2011

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/us/us-accuses-iranians-of-plotting-to-kill-saudi-envoy.html?_r=1&hp

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/opinion/the-milquetoast-radicals.html?hp It appears that David Brooks in his latest essay titled ‘The Milquetoast Radicals’ has let slip his carefully maintained  intellectual poise, his Platonically inflected reductionism, in favor of a hysterical rhetorical screech, as if the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators … Continue reading →

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/07/obamas_death_panel?page=0,0 "My point is that nothing like the NSC process should ever be used again to kill an American. If another citizen is ever targeted, it should only be after an extensive debate in Congress, leading to the statutory creation … Continue reading →

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-jon-huntsman-foreign-policy-20111010,0,5169344.story Here is the apparently amiable and rather low key Republican John Huntsman auditioning for the role of Commander in Chief. In a speech at Southern New Hampshire University he calls for a reduction of forces in Afghanistan, as reported … Continue reading →

http://www.businessinsider.com/gingrich-occupy-wall-street-a-natural-outcome-of-a-bad-education-system-teaching-them-really-dumb-ideas-2011-10 Certainly, it is interesting to watch both Mr. Cain and Mr. Gingrich sound the oft repeated notes that Conservatives muster when they feel themselves challenged by the ‘great unwashed’:  class warfare and anti-capitalism. Mr. Gingrich, being the more intellectually … Continue reading →

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Comment is free The Sunday papers with … Series: The Sunday papers with … Previous | Index The Sunday papers with … Ally Fogg Liam Fox-hunting; boozing in the Commons; the cat couple; arms sales to the Saudis; and England’s … Continue reading →

Comment is free The Sunday papers with … Series: The Sunday papers with … Previous | Index The Sunday papers with … Ally Fogg Liam Fox-hunting; boozing in the Commons; the cat couple; arms sales to the Saudis; and England’s … Continue reading →

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?recid=30910 I’ve just purchased this book on the Harvard site. Looking forward to reading it.

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674048560 Here is Denise Gigante interviewed by Chris Gondek on her The Keats Brothers. This interview was the reason I purchased the book. I can’t wait to read this; such an emotionally moving telling of their story. It reminded me … Continue reading →