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Niall Ferguson says that Tony Blair and George W. Bush are perfect partners — Christian soldiers armed with Bibles and…
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My ‘literary spat’ with the London Review of Books Economic history is not politically correct. Many on the left therefore…
View ArticleFriedman’s century
Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman sitting w. his hand to his forehead. (Photo by Chuck Nacke//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)
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A demonstrator wearing a Guy Fawkes mask holds a Brazilian national flag during clashes in downtown Rio de Janeiro on June 17, 2013, after a protest against higher public transportation fares and the...
View ArticlePedant’s revolt
It used to be that the most annoying thing in academic life was political correctness. But a new irritant now…
View ArticleSorry, America, but it looks like Joe Biden is your next president
I have a sinking feeling that Joe Biden might be the next president of the United States. In a brilliant…
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BEIJING, CHINA: TO GO WITH STORY "AFPLIFESTYLE-CHINA-RELIGION-CULTURE" (FILES) This file photo dated June, 1966 shows Chinese Red Guards, high school and university students, waving copies of Chairman...
View ArticleTech vs Trump: the great battle of our time has begun
In the 1962 Japanese sci-fi classic King Kong vs Godzilla, the two giant monsters fight to a stalemate atop Mount…
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