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By now most of you must have heard of, or read, the excellent group blog The Brussels Journal , Europes Voice of Conservatism. Its editor-in...

Despite global warming, temperatures in London were a modest 3°C, so the chaps pictured above, peacefully exercising their right to free sp...

Here's a quick one for the almost 50% of Americans that think we're in a recession. "Employers stepped up hiring in January, bo...

a.) For wealthy well-mannered intellectuals: Nail on the head , as usual. b.) For the common folk: Hope I don't piss off LVB. c.) For ev...

QUESTION: To what extent has Islamic extremism already limited freedom of expression in the Western World? In case that, despite the tremen...

Nah. It’s not him. It’s a fake. It’s an "artwork" by Czech "artist" David Cerny , representing Iraq’s National Leader in...

Believe it or not, but one of the more charming competitions among European nations lately was to choose their greatest national ever. The B...

A.) SCENE 1: A PRESTIGIOUS, WELL RESPECTED AND AUTHORATIVE UNIVERSITY IN EGYPT. At the prestigious, well respected and authorative al-Azhar ...

...the American Soldier . Sorry Navy. Sorry Air Force. To me the Most Outstanding Person Of 2005 is still The American Soldier , whether Arm...

An interesting article by Mark Steyn. Most people reading this have strong stomachs, so let me lay it out as baldly as I can: Much of what w...

Yesterday my ass froze off. Okay, almost. Still, it was so god-dam-COLD that either W must be held responsible, or else I have become a pus...

In Europe, there was quite some fuss the last two weeks concerning the planning of the EU Budget for the period 2007-2013 . Basically, the d...