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Dec 18 2011
Feliz Navidad 2011
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Dec 17 2011
At the point of death
Trial of the Will
By Christopher Hitchens, January 2012 … Death has this much to be said for it: You don’t have to get out of bed for it. Wherever you happen to be They bring it to you—free.… [more]
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Dec 17 2011
To slip betimes away
Postscript: Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011
By Christopher Buckley, December 16, 2011 … We were friends for more than thirty years, which is a long time but, now that he is gone, seems not nearly long enough. I was rather nervous… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2011/12/17/to-slip-betimes-away/
Dec 16 2011
Grow your own
The parable of the allotments
By Julian Baggini, Thursday 15 December 2011 12.53 EST … Last week I challenged the idea that religiosity is more about practice than belief with evidence that most religious people appear to have a… [more]
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Dec 16 2011
Militarised mendacity
Last Post in Iraq: this is the death knell of the American empire
By George Galloway, Thursday 15 December 2011 09.30 EST … So the Yanks are going home. Apart from the thousands of their servicemen and women… [more]
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Dec 16 2011
Wise to fear
Was Democracy Just a Moment?
By Robert D. Kaplan, Friday, December 16, 2011 … IN the fourth century A.D. Christianity’s conquest of Europe and the Mediterranean world gave rise to the belief that a peaceful era in world politics… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2011/12/16/wise-to-fear/