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Huckabee’s Moment
It’s striking how refreshing Mike Huckabee’s reaction to the Jeremiah Wright frenzy is. We’re so used – and too many conservatives have demonstrated this again this week – to the… Continue reading
2 CommentsWestminster and Whitehall dishonour Britain again
Need it be said that the treatment of the Gurkhas – by successive governments – is disgraceful and a harrowing indictment of the civil service and politicians alike? Have these… Continue reading
1 CommentGuns in Britain and America
Good news, for once, from Washington as the US Supreme Court looks likely to uphold a ruling that the District of Columbia’s blanket prohibition on owning handguns is unconstitutional. Frankly,… Continue reading
3 CommentsPoor people can fly: something must be done
Highly amusing leader in the Guardian today: Flying has become a modern middle-class hypocrisy, a source of guilt and pleasure all at the same time. Everyone is confused. OK, if… Continue reading
0 CommentsJeremiah Wright & Ken Mehlman
Impolitic though it is to say, I’d suggest that the idea that a) the United States government created the AIDS virus and unleashed it upon the African-American community is no… Continue reading
0 CommentsObama’s speech
Barack Obama’s speech today on race and America should, if there’s any justice, seal the Democratic party’s presidential nomination. It is a remarkable, subtle, nuanced discussion of how and why… Continue reading
1 CommentMcCartney DivorceSettlement
Danny Finkelstein: Please accept that what I am about to write I do as someone who is a. A big fan of Paul McCartney and b. Entirely ignorant of divorce… Continue reading
2 CommentsQuote of the Day
From Alasdair Reid’s inquest into Saturday’s Roman debacle: Rome is not exactly short of statues, but they could raise another one this morning to Dan Parks, the Scotland fly-half, whose… Continue reading
0 CommentsLegislation is the Real Enemy of the People
There’s no stopping this blogging thing. The latest citadel to fall is, of all places, the dear old House of Lords. Hence Lords of the Blog which officially launched today.… Continue reading
0 CommentsDepartment of Prissyness
Ezra says this New York Post headline – ‘Whore-ible Ordeal: Dad – demonstrates that – shockingly! – the NYP "isn’t a very classy newspaper". And thank god for that. There… Continue reading
0 CommentsWherever the Green is Worn
The ten worst Irish accents in cinema history? Check ‘em out here. Amazingly, Tom Cruise doesn’t take the top spot… So, yeah, Happy St Patrick’s Day. Time then, to dust… Continue reading
0 CommentsThe Cheney School of Parenting
Harlan Coben takes to the op-ed pages of The New York Times to recommend parents install spyware on their kids’ computers. Make no mistake: If you put spyware on your… Continue reading
2 CommentsConstantine’s XI
You didn’t think I’d forgotten did you? After Armstrong and Benaud we come, logically enough, to Chappell Constantine. [Updated after much dithering. To hell with it, however, romance demands that… Continue reading
6 CommentsPresumption of Innocence? You’re Having a Laugh Mate…
The most dismal aspect of this, shall we say, innovative proposal is that it is not in the least bit surprising. Equally, one ought not to be astonished when politicians… Continue reading
0 CommentsDick Holbrooke as Captain America?
Dan Drezner’s at a high-powered conference in Brussels from where he relates this interesting tidbit concerning Richard Holbrooke: I have it on good authority that, not only does the former… Continue reading
0 Comments“The bonhomie of a high-school health teacher”
Brilliant Ryan Lizza piece on Hillary in this week’s New Yorker. Key paragraph: Unlike Hubert Humphrey, Al Smith, or even her husband, Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail has never… Continue reading
1 CommentIt’s his world, we just suffer in it
LOL-Cats are so yesterday. The new sensation sweeping the British blogosphere is the LOL-Blair. No wonder, given the former Prime Minister’s modest ambitions: After accepting a job as Middle East… Continue reading
1 CommentDepartment of Appropriateness
From James Fallows’ Tibet-blogging: CCTV coverage (that’s state-run China Central TV) Lots more interesting stuff here and here.
0 CommentsBah humbug
Italy 23 Scotland 20 England 33 Ireland 10 Wales 29 France 12 What an utterly lousy afternoon. Six hours of TV, three games of rugby and scarcely an encouraging moment… Continue reading
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