Apr 12, 2013

Friday Roundup, April 12th

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by Richard Reinsch / 1 Comment

Filed Under: Accelerating Democracy, Chai Feldblum, Free Speech, Immigration policy, Joel Kotkin, Margaret Thatcher, Religious Liberty

The current Liberty Law Talk is with Vincent Cannato, author of American Passage: The History of Ellis Island, on the Constitution and immigration policy. Would that the majority in Arizona v. United States had read their history on this

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Apr 10, 2013

What Hath Thatcher Wrought?

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by Theodore Dalrymple / 9 Comments

Filed Under: Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher aroused admiration and loathing in equal measure, but not even her worst enemy would have called her nondescript. Hardly anyone could remain indifferent to her and even with the passage of time, which normally introduces qualifications and nuances …

Nov 27, 2012

The UK’s Policy of Truth v. Existential Failure

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by Theodore Dalrymple / 0 Comments

Filed Under: European Union, Labour Party, Margaret Thatcher, Political Class, United Kingdom Independence Party

In Nineteen Eighty-Four, the Ministry of Love promoted nothing but hatred and the Ministry of Truth spread nothing but lies. Although totalitarianism of the kind described and analyzed by Orwell has all but disappeared from the face of the …