John responds to Michael Fullilove's post about the 'global conservative movement' described by NY Times columnist David Brooks: Read more »
John responds to Michael Fullilove's post about the 'global conservative movement' described by NY Times columnist David Brooks: Read more »
Will Hutton supplies the inevitable contrarianism to the US declinist thesis. It's a useful corrective, though as often happens in these debates, there is a straw man element to Hutton's argument. Read more »
David Brooks has a column in The New York Times entitled ‘The Conservative Revival’, which argues that American conservatives (who are on their way down) should learn from British conservatives (who are on their way up). It seems to me that Brooks is a little free and easy with his assessment of the state of the Tories: yes, Brown is looking vulnerable after last week’s local elections and Boris Johnson’s election as Mayor of London. On the other hand, the next general election is still years away and there are plenty of Tory weaknesses for Labour to exploit (including the Etonian background of much of the Opposition front bench). Read more »
Peter from Illinois writes about my camel export post:
Egad, sir. An undervalued resource, useable for meat and dairy, wool and fertilizer. Properly bred in Australia they might be domesticated for plowing. Gourmet restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne might feature them as a change of pace. At the race track they probably run faster than some of the nags I have wagered on. Read more »
Here's an interesting interview with Barack Obama about Zionism, Israel and the Palestinians. Obama is at his best here — highly articulate, reflective without being indecisive, and intellectually substantive. Read more »
Former Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans, currently head of the International Crisis Group, has written an interesting op-ed about Burma and the 'Reponsibility to Protect' (R2P), a humanitarian intervention doctrine he helped create. Read more »
My reaction the Putin-Medvedev photo Michael blogs about was quite different. Medvedev's short overcoat was certainly a pretty daring choice in the constrained world of political couture, but I thought rather handsome. And it may have been intended as a message to the world that Medvedev is a younger, more modern and perhaps more European figure than the man he succeeds. Read more »
A few years ago, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice caused the world’s diplomats to choke on their Ferrero Rochers when she appeared at Wiesbaden Army Airfield in Germany dressed in a long black military-style coat and black leather boots. Read more »
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