Algeria haunts France as Ireland haunts Britain. The spectres of its history have proved just as hard, or harder, to confront. Imagine, for example, …Can France resist tribalism?
Leonidas Polk Memorial Carillon, and Some Thoughts on the Confederacy
RPC JZ-88441 (1967) Few people think of a carillon as a music instrument, but it really is one. As the back cover attests, it's played with a keyboard, in this case by William Lyon-Vaiden. Many of the details about the carillon can be found in the back cover, which you can see while playing Side …
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What the poppy really means
Why do modern architects hate humanity? The question echoes around one my favourite corners of the internet, Reactionary Architecture Twitter. Powered by a loathing of the modernist and post-modernist built environment, it’s weirdly popular, signalling an about-turn towards traditional aesthetics, which has even seen Britain’s reactionary-in-chief, Prince Charles, enjoying… 1,592 more wordsWhat the poppy really …
Real Socialists, Fake Socialists and the Virginia Governor’s Race
Earlier today I posted a link to a free Soviet textbook entitled Systems of Linear Equations. It was published in the late 1980's and is one of a series of Soviet textbooks I've highlighted on my websites. Why, you ask, do I pass along Soviet textbooks? There are two reasons. The first is that I …
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That Pesky Johnson Amendment Strikes Again
This time for the Democrats, with Vice President Kamala Harris' video for African-American churches: Democratic leaders have pulled out the stops to try to help Terry McAuliffe in his struggling campaign for governor in Virginia. Figures from Barack Obama to Stacey Abrams have stumped for McAuliffe who is in a tight race with businessman Glenn …
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The triumph of America’s ruling class
America is caught in a “revolutionary spiral”. An oligarchy composed of a small number of corporate and government rulers may be in control, but they…The triumph of America’s ruling class
The town that was murdered
For a small town on Tyneside, Jarrow has always had an outsized impact on our national story. In the seventh and eighth centuries its church and …The town that was murdered
How France conquered Europe
There are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen, as a quote dubiously attributed to Lenin states. Last week was one of those weeks. As it began, I argued that the most significant short term effect of the Aukus agreement would not be in the distant Pacific, but rather here on our home continent,…How …
East Germany’s bitter lessons for Cuba
“Homeland or Death — We Shall Overcome!” Cuba’s state motto still reflects the country’s combative self-image. Over sixty years have passed since Fidel Castro marched his revolutionary forces into Havana — now, it seems, many Cubans are tired of the permanent struggle they are asked to undertake in the name of socialism. It is likely…East …
Welcome to fully automated luxury gnosticism
Is in-person human contact now a luxury good? You might be forgiven for this impression, at least in elite coastal America, after seeing the photos from New York’s $30,000-a-ticket Met Gala last week. In one already-notorious image Carolyn Maloney, a Democratic representative for New York City, sports a gown that trailed multiple banners bearing the…Welcome …
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Positive Infinity 