Postcards from Palookaville

Good to see that Paul is back from `the Algarve.' Clearly the word has a become a euphemism for a short term of solitary confinement for those who have corrupted the nation's youth and committed crimes too numerous to mention against the English language. To answer Paul on politics in brief points...

It has been gratifying to see the largely generous and charitable reactions to Republocrat that have appeared on the web. Even the critics have provided kind words and a few priceless one-liners, including the positively Trotterskyite opening line of the review to which I link at the very end. Two...

It has been gratifying to see the largely generous and charitable reactions to Republocrat that have appeared on the web. Even the critics have provided kind words and a few priceless one-liners, including the positively Trotterskyite opening line of the review to which I link at the very end. Two...

Having alluded last week to that great champion of the oppressed, Whoopi Goldberg, and her excusing of the rape of a minor, I was interested to see the reflections on how fame and celebrity covers -- and, indeed, excuses -- a multitude of sins by Dominic Lawson. Sorry, Liam, it's from the liberal...

Having alluded last week to that great champion of the oppressed, Whoopi Goldberg, and her excusing of the rape of a minor, I was interested to see the reflections on how fame and celebrity covers -- and, indeed, excuses -- a multitude of sins by Dominic Lawson. Sorry, Liam, it's from the liberal...

Liam's link is interesting, first, because it indicates how soon things move from being voluntary to being compulsory in the church world. In church politics (as in politics generally) the voluntary position is typically, a way to swing the centrists to what is often pitched as the most reasonable...

Liam's link is interesting, first, because it indicates how soon things move from being voluntary to being compulsory in the church world. In church politics (as in politics generally) the voluntary position is typically, a way to swing the centrists to what is often pitched as the most reasonable...

One of the most depressing things about the current season of political stumping in the USA is the mindless nature of so much of the discourse. The recent sight of the unbearably self-important and ill-informed Bill O'Reilly and the overwheeningly self-righteous and equally ignorant Whoopi Goldberg...

One of the most depressing things about the current season of political stumping in the USA is the mindless nature of so much of the discourse. The recent sight of the unbearably self-important and ill-informed Bill O'Reilly and the overwheeningly self-righteous and equally ignorant Whoopi Goldberg...

Other than the sackloads of requests that ref21 should `Fire Levy Now!' (you hum it; we'll try to play it), many others have been asking if we can provide insights into the man behind the recent spate of blogposts that seem to have been drawn directly from Finnegans Wake . So, for your edification...