In the latest political shenanigans and feverish media circus over the date of Tony Blair's departure, accusations of disloyalty have been freely traded between the warring factions, and indeed the question of the degree...
The White House has published an up-to-date version of its National Strategy for Combating Terrorism document, containing some useful insights even though Europeans would express some of it differently [More >>>]
Peter Taylor’s article in the Guardian of 1 September 2006 draws wholly illegitimate conclusions from interviews with or about angry Muslims about the Iraq war being the ‘reason’ for terrorism in the UK, repeating the canard about Blair and co. denying any connection between them [More >>>]
In a recent Ephems entry I remarked, not for the first time, on the media’s repeated assertions that Tony Blair (in the words of a Guardian columnist, chosen at random) “famously [sic] insists that there...
I’m much indebted to Tony Hatfield for drawing attention, in his indispensable blog “Tony’s Ramblings”, to a wonderful story on the BBC News website. Here it is, in its entirety: Eleven bailed over stolen...
A controversial and thought-provoking speech on the middle east and the west by an eminent Israeli scientist asks a number of uncomfortable questions and offers some unpalatable propositions [More >>>]
Language can be abused in unwitting self-betrayal, by clothing platitudes in pretentious and trendy costume, or by plain old-fashioned murder. Some examples [More >>>]
Some of our ministers are employing ‘life coaches’ at vast public expense, according to the Sunday Times. Terrifying. [More >>>]