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Posts on ‘January 3rd, 2013’

Sentimentalizing Serial Murder

Anthony Daniels (”Theodore Dalrymple”) compares the attitudes of two women, born ten years apart, toward the serial murderers who killed (and in one case at least, raped and tortured) a sister of each.
Is the difference merely idiosyncratic, or is it expressive of a change in the general culture? Or perhaps, as one commenter suggests, [...]

Obama - a Labour saving device?

According to the BBC:
The UK should emulate the US idea of having a day dedicated to encouraging people to shop at small, local shops, Labour’s Chuka Umunna has said.
Well why not?  We are doing our best to emulate the US’s trillions in debt after all.  What could go wrong?
The shadow business secretary has [...]