February 2006
Cato Unbound: Theodore Dalrymple: Is “Old Europe” Doomed?
I wondered what happened to old Theo after he retired. I think he moved to France which, given his views on Europe, seems a strange choice. Why not Louisianna or Texas?
December 2005
James Wolcott: Intelligent Design: Opiate of the Dummies
Wielding a sword of truth and a surgical scalpel of reason (he's quite ambidextrous), NRO's John Derbyshire pierces the fatty deposits of bad faith in the postures of religious piety by certain conservative eggheads.
Max hastings: Sorry, prime minister, your legacy will be a disastrous foreign war
In his old age it will seem monstrously unfair to him, but Tony Blair will be remembered for one terrible misjudgment
June 2005
Poor ambitions for the world
it would be more accurate to call the campaign: 'Slightly alleviate the most extreme aspects of poverty over the very long-term, maybe.
Should we make 'Make Poverty History' history?
The problem with the Live 8 jamboree is not the self-important rock stars, but the politics of low expectations.
May 2005
The Quagmire: As the Iraq War Drags on, it's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Vietnam
. Two years after the U.S. invasion, Iraq is perched on the brink of civil war. Months after the election, the new Iraqi government remains hunkered down inside the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, surviving only because it is defended by thousands of U.S
Regime change is illegal: end of debate: Alasdair Palmer
I would never do anything against the advice of the Attorney General: Tony Blair
April 2005
ei: The Case Against Alan Dershowitz: The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel vs. Alan Dershowitz
Alan Dershowitz is a well-known lawyer and professor at Harvard Law School, a prolific author, and makes regular appearances in the media
Jonathan Freedland: Reviled as outsiders
"This is so wrong. We should be on the same side."
Jewish MP pelted with eggs at war memorial
The sheer ignorance never mind the lack of respect is shocking. They have no idea where their freedom came from and who gave it to them.
Ian Rutledge in the Financial Times:
US appears to have fought war for oil and lost it
Speech by Cindy Sheehan made at Riverside Church -- where Martin Luther King gave his "Beloved Community" speech
Our country has been overtaken by murderous thugs....gangsters who lust after fortunes and power; never caring that their addictions are at the expense of our loved ones, and the blood of innocent people near and far.
John Derbyshire on Pope John Paul II - The Rearguard Pope
The quarter century of his papacy was a terrible disaster for the Roman Catholic Church.
March 2005
A revolution made for TV
Tuesday, half a million people demonstrating in the streets of Beirut, chanting and waving flags. You probably assumed that they were protesting against the Syrian presence in Lebanon. In fact it was a rally organised by Hezbollah in support of Syria
February 2005
Johann Hari: Don't let the Livingstone row blind us to the real and growing threat of anti-Semitism
It seems that human rights abuses committed by Jews provoke more rage than abuses committed by others
Sunday Times: Putting the fear of God into Holland
The Dutch have rejected liberalism in response to Islamic immigration. Some say they are now too hardline. So what can the rest of Europe learn from their crisis?The Dutch have rejected liberalism in response to Islamic immigration. Some say they ar
Press Impostor
How is it that an administration that screened thousands of people for attendance at Bush campaign rallies repeatedly let a fake reporter into the sanctorum of the White House pressroom under a false name? Who was running that background check?
Amygdala on Professor Juan Cole:
Virulently anti-American, and negative...Oh, wait....
January 2005
How I became a Jew
What unclean thoughts do I have about Islam and our Arab neighbours? What are my thoughts when I see devout Muslims on our streets in traditional dress, speaking poor English? Am I not looking at myself?
Ignore the vanity of the Bushites, America's might is draining away: Matthew Parris
For many decades America’s share of the world’s economic output has been in decline. America’s modesty in 1945 understated its muscle, Bushite vanity overstates it today.
War Created Haven, CIA Advisers Report
Iraq has replaced Afghanistan as the training ground for the next generation of "professionalized" terrorists, according to a report released yesterday by the National Intelligence Council, the CIA director's think tank.
Special reports: Bush under fire over human rights
America's human rights abuses have provided a rallying cry for terrorists and set a bad example to regimes seeking to justify their own poor rights records, a leading independent watchdog said yesterday.
In praise of blasphemy
A multicultural society needs not more taboos but more tolerance for taboo-breaking
Worse Than Fiction: Read it and weep (or laugh)
I've been thinking of writing a political novel. It will be a bad novel because there won't be any nuance: the villains won't just espouse an ideology I disagree with - they'll be hypocrites, cranks and scoundrels.
December 2004
USS Clueless The best of Den Beste
Links to blog entries by Den Beste that he considers are among the best or most important he has written
