Monthly Archives: July 2013

Hold the front page!

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  19 July 2013   You cannot hope to bribe or twist, thank God! the British journalist. … Continue reading

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The best lack all conviction

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  18 July 2013 Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the … Continue reading

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Gun running

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  17 July 2013 They abuse human rights. So let’s give them the wherewithal to make a … Continue reading

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Never say die

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  16 July 2013 Dum spiro, spero. While there’s life, there’s hope. This is a much-used quotation, … Continue reading

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The artist as reactionary

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  15 July 2013 The following interchange is from an interview with English novelist Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) … Continue reading

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The art market – an oxymoron

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  14 July 2013 CULTURE “A SALEABLE COMMODITY” Rarely have we come across a point of view … Continue reading

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Back to them good ol’ days

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  13 July 2013 THE FUTURE IS IN THE PAST As we compose this post on our … Continue reading

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Why bother?

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  12 July 2013 “My whole wretched life swam before my weary eyes, and I realized no … Continue reading

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A smoking gun

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  11 July 2013 Talk about a smoking gun! As we suggested on 5 July 2013 in … Continue reading

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Slumming it for Jesus

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  10 July 2013 Let’s hear it for Jorge Mario Bergoglio! Who he? Well, that is in … Continue reading

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