Postcards from Palookaville

Yes, I acknowledge the defeat. A source of national shame, and I humbly call on Tony Blair to make Monday a national day of prayer and humiliation. I console myself only with the thought that, the occasional loss to Wales notwithstanding, it is still better, on balance, to be born English. On that...

Yes, I acknowledge the defeat. A source of national shame, and I humbly call on Tony Blair to make Monday a national day of prayer and humiliation. I console myself only with the thought that, the occasional loss to Wales notwithstanding, it is still better, on balance, to be born English. On that...

Preparing a lecture which touches on the philosophy of Hannah Arendt, especially her understanding of evil as epitomised in the Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann (who, contra some Reformed "thinkers," -- ahem! -- seemed to think that the Holocaust really did happen.....) I was struck by Arendt's...

Preparing a lecture which touches on the philosophy of Hannah Arendt, especially her understanding of evil as epitomised in the Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann (who, contra some Reformed "thinkers," -- ahem! -- seemed to think that the Holocaust really did happen.....) I was struck by Arendt's...

As no-one took up the last question, I'll take a stab at it before we move on to ignoring the next topic. Revision of creeds: this is huge question which really defies reduction to a blog, but here are some thoughts:

As no-one took up the last question, I'll take a stab at it before we move on to ignoring the next topic. Revision of creeds: this is huge question which really defies reduction to a blog, but here are some thoughts:

Having spent a jolly couple of days reading through pages and pages and pages of web-based Holocaust Denial while simultaneously gagging and preparing a chapter for a book on historical method, I confess to being totally depressed by the number of such sites which connect to the `Christian' world...

Having spent a jolly couple of days reading through pages and pages and pages of web-based Holocaust Denial while simultaneously gagging and preparing a chapter for a book on historical method, I confess to being totally depressed by the number of such sites which connect to the `Christian' world...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article1600686.ece History is important; but the current distaste for history doesn't fill one with much confidence that this kind of thing can be reversed.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article1600686.ece History is important; but the current distaste for history doesn't fill one with much confidence that this kind of thing can be reversed.