Category Archives: politics

Grievance and politics

Posted on August 11, 2010 by David Hume

Over at Discover Blogs a comment I thought of interest: Most of the sensitivity/grievance culture of the Right is purely fabricated – we (including me as part of the Right) only do it to point out the hypocrisy within the … Continue reading →

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Democrats are the party of the lower class

Posted on August 7, 2010 by David Hume

Over at Discover blogs I have two posts up, Republicans, the middle class party and Republicans still the party of the rich. Also, if you want to talk about limousine liberals, note that there is only one precinct in Manhattan … Continue reading →

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Your feelings don’t matter if you’re conservative

Posted on August 1, 2010 by David Hume

One Especially Silly Aspect of the Ground Zero Mosque Fight: –The mosque would be an “unnecessary provocation.” (Sarah Palin) –“It’s not about religion, and is clearly an aggressive act that is offensive.” (Newt Gingrich) –Abe Foxman said in an interview … Continue reading →

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It’s better in Europe, except when it’s not

Posted on July 31, 2010 by David Hume

Liberals in the United States love to laud European ways as a cudgel against American conservative exceptionalism. But they don’t admire all European ways, Ezra Klein on Lindsey Graham’s possible floating of a constitutional amendment to repeal birthright citizenship: How … Continue reading →

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Democralatry strikes again!

Posted on July 26, 2010 by David Hume

Jeff Jarvis: There are those in the press and government who don’t like or trust the public they serve. It is an unliberal attitude–which can come from Liberals, by the way–for it doesn’t buy the core belief of liberal democracy … Continue reading →

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Sarah Palin 2012

Posted on July 22, 2010 by David Hume

Noah Millman mulls the chances. Noah is not a fan, to be sure. I’ve increased my probability that Palin will be the nominee in 2012 a fair amount since I last thought about this. Also, since we’re midway through 2010, … Continue reading →

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The conservative tendency

Posted on July 13, 2010 by David Hume

A blog which some readers may find of interest, Conservative tendency. The most recent post is a bit of a pedantic muddle: I had a friend who was raised in China in the 1970s (the daughter of a general, in … Continue reading →

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Faith Meets Reality

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Andrew Stuttaford

From a FT review of China Watcher: Confessions of a Peking Tom by Richard Baum: One of the best stories [in the book] concerns the actress Shirley MacLaine, who was seated near Deng Xiaoping at a 1979 banquet. She explained … Continue reading →

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The Rise of The Religious Left

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Andrew Stuttaford

The piece of data that lies at the heart of Charles Blow’s Saturday New York Times piece is obvious when you come to think about it, but it’ll still come in handy as an argument for questioning certain stereotypes about … Continue reading →

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Enforcing Orthodoxy

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Andrew Stuttaford

The idea of a state church does not necessarily fill me with horror. It rather depends on the state. And it rather depends on the church. Given the history both of Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church, this story (via … Continue reading →

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