Category Postcards from Palookaville

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Around and About

Two articles in this week’s Spectator (still the world’s greatest repository of great writing) are worth a look. First, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks states the obvious about the insipid nature of today’s cool atheism. Second Rod Liddle (We are not worthy!)…

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Around and About

Two articles in this week’s Spectator (still the world’s greatest repository of great writing) are worth a look. First, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks states the obvious about the insipid nature of today’s cool atheism. Second Rod Liddle (We are not worthy!)…

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The Gentle Temeraire

One of the most famous of J.M.W. Turner’s paintings is The Fighting Temeraire.  It portrays a magnificent British battleship being towed into harbor to be broken up.   The juxtaposition of the huge sail-powered vessel being pulled to its fate by…

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The Gentle Temeraire

One of the most famous of J.M.W. Turner’s paintings is The Fighting Temeraire.  It portrays a magnificent British battleship being towed into harbor to be broken up.   The juxtaposition of the huge sail-powered vessel being pulled to its fate by…