Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Verses, by Hilaire Belloc (published 1916). The Death and Last Confession of Wandering Peter by Hilaire Belloc When Peter Wanderwide was young He wandered everywhere
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I’m fixing to debag a few cats. Feminists. Gays. Minorities. Listen up, folks. No one else loves you enough to tell ya this stuff… It is a perceived modern truism that fear
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A cynical political strategy misses the biggest point of all: Getting rid of Trump means taking seriously “shit-life syndrome”—and its resulting misery, which includes suicide, drug overdose death, and trauma for surviving
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Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Enemy In Sight!, by Stanley Rogers (published 1943). At the beginning of the war Great Britain possessed six aircraft carriers — Ark Royal, Courageous, Glorious,
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Editor’s Note: Rolf Nelson, author of many great books, and friend of these pages, shares some thoughts. You can see more from Rolf here. In which Fountain Pens are like Reloading,
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To maintain a proper perspective on today’s Fake News, it’s necessary to occasionally re-read yesterday’s: From the Guardian, February 22, 2004 A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by
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