Politics

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My country, always wrong

There is a strong cultural divide between the east and the west of Europe: You can reasonably assume that countries not polled in the east would mostly be in the …

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The friend of my enemy is not my enemy

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Culture

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Hills are alive with the sound of white supremacy

The story of the present times is the never-ending race to out-idiot each other on the way to the bottom: The University of Oxford is considering scrapping sheet music for …

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History

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Reparate my ass

The other day I have been called a “toff”, “tax dodger”,  “ass”, “whataboutery wanker”, “sociopath”, “revisionist”, “bigot”, “sordid”, “tendentious”, “arguer for wrong”, and a genocide apologist who deserves it happening …

Books

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How P J O’Rourke saved my life

Since I was 5 I have bought and read thousands of books. I can’t tell you when or where I had acquired a particular tome on my shelves – it all …

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Did it have information that could lead to Hillary Clinton’s arrest? UPDATED

The mysterious Utah monolith is gone, according to the authorities (it was situated on public land): When I initially came across the preview of the above story, my first reaction …

Love

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From the University of the Obvious

Some academics make it very hard to argue against funding cuts to higher education. Take, for example, this groundbreaking research into the online dating apps: New research from William Chopik, …