As Talleyrand famously said after Napoleon’s international kidnap and subsequent execution of the royalist Duc d’Enghein, “it was worse than a crime, it was a mistake.” The unknown number (from …
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As always with these annual roundups, please note that these are the best books I’ve read last year, not the best book published last year, as I never buy new …
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Twenty-twenty, the year of the “cool number” previously associated with the positive (perfect vision), had been anything but cool and positive itself. A lot had gone wrong; most related to the …
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Warning: Adult themes, language and nudity It’s somewhat ironic that having spent 99 per cent of my Tinder talk time defending the app from people who assume the worst about …
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One of the few bright spots of genuine good news this year – if not the only one – has been the sudden outbreak of peace between Israel and several …
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Aaaaand it’s that time of the year again to wish all The Daily Chrenk readers a very Merry Christmas, however difficult circumstances you find yourself in, and a New Year …
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This week’s superleak of a database of nearly 2 million members of Chinese Communist Party, most of them from around Shanghai, many of whom are working at the local offices …
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The perennial “to Doctor or not to Doctor” debate about credentials and titles is with us again, this time thanks to a “Wall Street Journal” op-ed arguing that the incoming …
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Thanks to Israeli scientists we now have a psychological profile of a large section of our population and the body politic: A new personality construct has been defined that describes …
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Joe Biden is not meant to govern. If he manages, and whatever he manages, that’s all well and good, and a bonus but that is not his purpose. His mission …
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The venerable (yes, I’m joking) “Time” magazine has just named their Person of the Year: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are TIME's 2020 Person of the Year #TIMEPOY https://t.co/o97QNlSBrl pic.twitter.com/KuoBoebBN4 …
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One of my great regrets in life is not having interrogated my loved ones about their past and their family histories while they were still alive. Now the generation of …
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Warning: Adult content, language, and a picture of a naked bum There’s no escaping the fact – 2020 has been a difficult year for many of us. It’s safe to …
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I know it might come as somewhat of a shock for you, so brace yourself, my dear reader: a country without a freedom of speech does not understand the concept …
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A faux scandal erupts in the middle of a real scandal (alleged, and subject to future court cases). One of the less savoury of all Australian drinking traditions is the …
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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 …
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Once upon a time, centre-left wing parties were the parties of working class and the poor, while centre-right parties were the parties of the wealthy, middle class and the educated. …
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Meet the new boss in the White House – same as the old (but one) boss – and China, through one of its English-language mouthpieces, “Global Times”, is hoping for a reset back …
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For the first time ever, the Dow Jones index has passed 30,000 the other day. It came close to doing so back in February, peaking at 29,500. Then COVID happened …
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Sam Vinograd, an Obama administration nat sec alumnus – and now, needless to say, a CNN nat sec analyst – is hearing sounds: It's like I can almost hear our …
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