Tony Cragg – Images
January 8, 2012 Leave a Comment
A.O. Scott – Polarizing Leader Fades Into the Twilight
December 30, 2011 Leave a Comment
The clearest memory I have of Margaret Thatcher was the puppet of her on “Spitting Image.” She was pals with Reagan which made her suspect because he was willing to destroy the world as long as Communism was destroyed, too. Also, she drove Britain to war with Argentina over the Falklands Islands, which seemed to [...]
David Brooks – Going Home Again
Going Home Again. Site: nytimes.com A moving memorial illustrating Communitarian Conservatism. “In recent decades, the communitarian conservatism has become less popular while the market conservatism dominates. But that doesn’t make Kirk’s insights into small towns, traditions and community any less true, as Rod Dreher so powerfully rediscovered.”
Paul Krugman – Keynes Was Right
Keynes Was Right. Site: nytimes.com “Unfortunately, in late 2010 and early 2011, politicians and policy makers in much of the Western world believed that they knew better, that we should focus on deficits, not jobs, even though our economies had barely begun to recover from the slump that followed the financial crisis. And by acting [...]