First Iain Dale. Then Boris Johnson. They both look forward to an Obama victory. Maybe they should read this. Or this view from Paul Rubin: Democrats draw their political power from trial lawyers, unions, government bureaucrats, environmentalists, and, perhaps, my liberal colleagues in academia. All of these voting blocs seem […]
The Telegraph website continues to froth up the story of the leaked letter from Sir Nigel Sheinwald assessing Barack Obama. As best it can, scouring some meagre titbits from the deeper reaches of the Internet: On the conservative Free Republic website, comments included "It suggests to me that Obama will […]
Just when I thought that there was nothing new to say on the subject of Leaked Ambassadors, along come two of them. First, Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles is said to have described the Western mission in Afghanistan as ‘doomed‘. The source? A French diplomatic telegram leaked in Paris, said to be […]
In the Instapundit live coverage of the excellent Palin/Biden debate last night there was this: Reader David Rensin emails: "He didn’t just call the citizens of Bosnia ‘Bosniacs’, did he?" Yeah, he did… … Plus, Stephen Green emails: "Jim Dunnigan and Austin Bay use the word ‘Bosniaks’ in reference in Moslem […]
This seems to make sense: The fact that government bears such a huge responsibility for the current mess means any response should eliminate the conditions that created this situation in the first place, not attempt to fix bad government with more government. And here’s a plan. When in doubt, do […]
As the Vote fails in the US Congress and the grotesque political blame-game begins, we mere victims wondering what to make of it all have to listen to the core Democrats’ slogan ("It’s all the fault of Bush! And Greed!" But mainly Bush!"). This despite some pretty good Republican voting […]
The Instapundit Glenn and Helen Show podcasts always hit a good note for me – the friendly and open-minded co-hosts letting interesting guests talk at some length about their ideas, many of which go way beyond the sort of thing we are used to hearing in Europe. Here is a full […]
Ar a time of such uncertainty, even danger in the planet’s financial system (the oil keeping the global engine running) it is always comforting to hear from the Archbishop of Canterbury as a shining source of Moral Insight and Spiritual Leadership. He invariably shows us the right path to follow. […]
A long report by the ‘European Council on Foreign Relations’ describes how the EU is losing ground at the UN in terms of mobilising support from other countries for votes on human rights issues. A summary is here. See also the Guardian account. The general problem? Thus: "The EU is suffering […]
A fine post by Guido, quoting Warren Buffet back in 2002: When Charlie and I finish reading the long footnotes detailing the derivatives activities of major banks, the only thing we understand is that we don’t understand how much risk the institution is running. And if you can’t understand that, then […]
