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The persistence of American power - in response to Matt Sinclair

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Matt Sinclair has an interesting post up, in response to Will Hutton’s article, on the role of universities in promoting America’s hegemonic position. In short, Matt says that non-Western countries lack (in short) the cultural situation that allows Socratic method to flourish and that good academia attracts good academics.
To an extent, Matt is right, but […]

 

A view from over there

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Looking at a situation from another perspective can be a good thing. A trip to Brussels has done something to improve my mood about the political situation in the UK. It would seem that, of the relatively few people who have noticed the change of mayor of London, most are reacting in the same way […]

 

Labour mayoral candidate 2012

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Jon Cruddas or Oona King?
xD.

 

Humhprey Lyttelon, 1921 - 2008

Friday, April 25th, 2008

I caught the last few seconds of Newsnight Review to see a picture of Humphrey Lyttleton and my heart sank. It turned out that he died this evening at seven o’ clock. Humph and ISIHAC hold a special attraction for me.
I first discovered Humphrey Lyttelton where I would probably hear him most often; in my […]

 

Happy Saint George’s Day

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

The twenty-third of April is traditionally the feast day of Saint George. Saint George was a Christian from Anatolia, then a Greek-speaking part of the Roman Empire but now part of Turkey. He is the patron saint of many countries, but veneration of him in England goes back at least to the ninth century, the […]

 

Three brief notes

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Note the First
Tim Ireland of Bloggerheads is wondering what to do next - Murdochwatch or campaigning on libel law reform. I think libel law reform; go over there and speak your peace.
Note the Second
Aaron Heath of Tygerland is pausing his blogging. Go over there and tell him not to pause for too long.
Note the Third
This […]

 

Strapline for the blog of Dave Cole

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

I’m thinking of putting a rotating strapline somewhere at the top of the sidebar. So far, I’ve come up with
‘I’m Dave Cole and I approve this message’
‘Heavily medicated for public safety’
‘There is a non-negligible chance he will end up ruling over us like a king - Matt Sinclair’
‘Contains a source of phenylalanine’
‘Contains small parts’
‘Your message […]

 

Diagnoses

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Without the full facts and familiarity of a situation, it is generally hard to comment on a medical case. However, a quick look at the diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder and guessing that it takes time for symptoms to show themselves and, for a meaningful diagnosis, you need to be able to talk. This quote, […]

 

Amazon, Microsoft and toothpaste

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Let us say that you bought a tube of toothpaste. You’d probably be pretty annoyed if the toothpaste company insisted that you used their toothbrushes. Equally, if you bought a toothbrush only to find that you were only allowed to use the toothbrush company’s toothpaste, you’d be a bit peeved.
That’s one of the objections - […]

 

Is Britain a small country?

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

The Times has published the top fifty countries from Jane’s list of stable and prosperous countries. The top eight are, in order with their populations in brackets, the Vatican (800), Sweden (9.1m), Luxembourg (480,000), Monaco (33,000), Gibraltar (29,000), San Marino (30,000), Liechtenstein (34,000) and the UK (60.5m). If Sweden is included, those countries are less […]