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W. H. Auden’s Poignant Embrace

2023-03-10T11:17:53+00:00

Poetry is not especially useful when describing the state of the traffic heading downtown. It is not required for summing up the pleasures of shopping. But there are moments when

W. H. Auden’s Poignant Embrace2023-03-10T11:17:53+00:00

Thomas Jefferson and the death of wisdom

2023-03-03T13:44:39+00:00

I spent last week touring American universities for the Common Sense Society, and as usual when speaking at campuses felt both a certain degree of hope and a considerable amount

Thomas Jefferson and the death of wisdom2023-03-03T13:44:39+00:00

A university finally stands up to woke virtue signaling

2023-03-03T13:42:11+00:00

We have politicians who behave like schoolchildren, teachers who live in fear of their students, and bosses and CEOs who are terrorized by their most junior employees. When did all

A university finally stands up to woke virtue signaling2023-03-03T13:42:11+00:00

T.S. Eliot and the Passage of Time

2023-03-03T13:52:57+00:00

Only a few writers will crop up here more than once, and only three will appear several times. To nobody’s surprise, one of these will be the greatest poet of

T.S. Eliot and the Passage of Time2023-03-03T13:52:57+00:00

Is Shakespeare ‘far-right’ now?

2023-02-24T15:05:50+00:00

It probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that we have officials who think owning the work of our national poet is a sign of right-wing extremism. Because in recent days

Is Shakespeare ‘far-right’ now?2023-02-24T15:05:50+00:00

Netflix’s ‘Farha’ and the Perils of Propaganda

2023-03-03T13:51:04+00:00

What is the difference between art and propaganda? Well, among much else, propaganda tells you what to think. Art, meanwhile, is meant to teach you how to think—even to think

Netflix’s ‘Farha’ and the Perils of Propaganda2023-03-03T13:51:04+00:00

Can you really be radicalised by Great British Railway Journeys?

2023-02-17T11:36:22+00:00

RICU warns that radicalisation could occur from books by authors including C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Aldous Huxley and Joseph Conrad. I kid you not, though it seems that all satire

Can you really be radicalised by Great British Railway Journeys?2023-02-17T11:36:22+00:00