Alistair Cooke
I’m saddened by the news that Alistair Cooke has decided that the ‘Letter from America’ he read on the 20th of February would be the last one. If Cooke had decided that, at ninety-five, he simply...
View ArticleBuzzword Bingo
Yeah, the guys over here probably think they’re pretty hot stuff, right? After all, it’s definitely a very cool thing to be able to print off your own specially configurable buzzword card from the...
View ArticleGoodbye, Mr Cooke
I wrote what I wanted to say about Alistair Cooke when he announced, not very long ago, that he didn’t feel he could continue to write his ‘Letter from America’ any more. Well, (to steal a favourite...
View ArticleArticle 11
I have simply no idea what the point of fairly predictable, mildly revolting, ex-Lefty right-winger, seems
View ArticleKvetching Retrospectively about Analytical Philosophy
Following Chris’s post about topics in philosophy that provoke worries about angels and pinheads, I was going to pitch in with a comment setting out my own pet hates, but realised I was veering...
View ArticleSpot the Difference
Our wise masters at the UK’s Home Office have decreed that, being bears of little brain, Her Majesty’s loyal subjects can’t be trusted to distinguish between Preparing for Emergencies, the official...
View ArticleFodor on Hughes on Kripke
Brian Leiter points out that the London Review of Books has recently published a characteristically clever and funny piece by Jerry Fodor in review of a critical work about the writings of Saul...
View ArticleBack to Blogging
I’m pleased to say that, after a truly epic hiatus from blogging of more than a year on my part, my fellow Timberites have very kindly consented to my coming back on board to post here at CT. Nice one...
View ArticleClear Blue Water?
If you wanted some evidence that significant strands in the modern British Conservative Party have simply no understanding of the country they aspire to govern, and consequently an explanation of why...
View ArticleMaybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner…
Brian Leiter is on sabbatical and seems to be enjoying a stint in London, most of the time, anyway. Welcome to our city, Professor Leiter, I hope you have fun while you’re here. Oh, and by the way,...
View ArticleCoalition of the Clamped
I don’t know whether a definitive bean-counter’s verdict has yet been ventured on the costs and benefits of London’s Congestion Charge, but I’m in favour of it anyway, partly because that nice Paul...
View ArticleHere’s Your Reading List, Tony
I’ve just picked up Brian Barry’s new book, Why Social Justice Matters, and despite having very high expectations based on the man’s track record, I’m not in the least disappointed so far. Barry’s...
View ArticleBoris Johnson on Bombing Al-Jazeera
As a follow-up to Chris’s post on the subject, I notice that Boris Johnson MP, the editor of The Spectator, has offered to publish the memo detailing Bush’s alleged conversation with Blair about...
View ArticleHoorah: David Cameron on the 11-Plus
The BBC are reporting an interesting speech by David Cameron in which the leader of the Conservative party describes the rough shape the British education system might take if he were to be elected as...
View ArticleEnron, Derivatives, Sorry Excuses for Human Beings
I’ve just had a chance to see ‘Enron: The Smartest Guys in The Room’, (previously reviewed on CT by Ted here), having also just finished reading Frank Partnoy’s ‘Infectious Greed’, a fascinating...
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