Author Archives: Andrew Stuttaford

Delirium

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

As much as I may grumble about the Economist’s snooty and irritating Davos/Brussels liberalism, it still remains an invaluable resource, not least its Christmas issue. This year’s included a haunting, terrifically written piece on the 19th Century war that nearly … Continue reading →

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Via Dolorosa

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Grim reading, I fear, for New Year’s Day, but the (London) Daily Mail has a report here on the evolution of the ‘Liverpool Pathway’, a National Health Service procedure which “involves withdrawal of lifesaving treatment, with the [terminally] sick sedated … Continue reading →

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Liberty, Not So Much

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

We’ve heard a lot from the Roman Catholic church of late about how its “religious liberty” is supposedly infringed by the Obamacare “contraception mandate”. It’s a dodgy and unconvincing argument for any number of reasons (and hypocritical too, given the … Continue reading →

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“Sensible Proposals”

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Heather, you wrote: Anyone who was expecting Vice President Wayne LaPierre to break the NRA’s week-long silence after the Newtown massacre with an olive branch and some sensible proposals regarding better background checks, say, or restrictions on high-capacity ammo clips … Continue reading →

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Happy Christmas!

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

How to mark Christmas, grandest and jolliest and most syncretic of festivals, this year? With this brief extract, I think, from The Exiles by Ray Bradbury, who, of course, died just a few months ago: A door banged wide in … Continue reading →

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Social Justice and All That

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

The Pope, writing in the Financial Times today: Christians work for more equitable sharing of the earth’s resources out of a belief that, as stewards of God’s creation, we have a duty to care for the weakest and most vulnerable. … Continue reading →

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Sir Patrick Moore (1923-2012)

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

One of Britain’s television legends has just died. His Daily Telegraph obituary can be found here. Some key extracts: A genuine eccentric who never took himself too seriously, Moore played up to his image as a “mad professor”, and wrote … Continue reading →

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Learning the Lessons of Kerensky

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Jihad Al-Khazen writes in Al Arabiya: I expected the worst as I watched on television one day the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohammed Badie, who was not elected by anyone, walking in front of … Continue reading →

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Armagideon Time (Again)

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Here we go again. The Daily Telegraph reports on the approach of the latest doomsday: Ahead of December 21, which marks the conclusion of the 5,125-year “Long Count” Mayan calendar, panic buying of candles and essentials … Continue reading →

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Testing the Flagship

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Kyle Plotkin (Gov Jindal’s communications director) responds to my earlier post on the Guardian’s report on Louisiana’s voucher schools as follows (I am publishing this with his permission): This is a complete red herring attack from … Continue reading →

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