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"It has been the misfortune of this age, that everything is to be discussed, as if the constitution of our country were to be always a subject rather of altercation than enjoyment." - Edmund Burke anticipates the Neverendum

Thursday, August 29, 2013

A small example of Twitter tyranny

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Edinburgh teacher Clare Kelly was bitching about her job one day.  While I've never been known to do this myself, I have heard rumours t...
Saturday, July 06, 2013

On the Egyptian putsch

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Following the ouster of Mohammed Morsi on Thursday there have been quite a few people who, without necessarily supporting the putsch, hav...
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Sunday, June 16, 2013

On the Syrian civil war

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That civil wars, understood as those which take place within the borders of a single country, never remain like that for long is a point wel...
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Monday, June 10, 2013

On the genealogy of conspiracy theories

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"The conspiracy theory of society", Karl Popper said, "comes from not believing in God and then asking: what it in His place...
Wednesday, June 05, 2013

D-Day

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Four out of five of the Wehrmacht troops killed during the Second World War perished on the Eastern Front in Hitler's 'war of annihi...
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