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Why 2019 might not be a repeat of 2017’s snap election

On November 21, 2019 By Cavalier 1In Uncategorized

The seats May failed to court in 2017 could be about to turn.

Benjamin Disraeli, Richard Nixon, and the modern Republican Party

On November 7, 2019 By Cavalier 1In Uncategorized

A seminal moment in Nixon's intellectual evolution came when he read Robert Blake’s biography of Disraeli and came to the conclusion that “Tory men with liberal policies” held the key to electoral success.

Review: ‘The Constitution of Liberty’ by F. A. Hayek

On October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 By Cavalier 1In Book Reviews

Those who support the system Hayek championed would do better to evangelize the arguments he actually makes, rather than defend the views his opponents ascribe to him.

Bill Simmons’ shameful response to the NBA’s China problem

On October 14, 2019 By Cavalier 1In Sports

Like the Soviets before them, the Communist Party of China doesn't lack for useful idiots in the West.

A final thought on ‘Blood, Class, and Empire’

On October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 By Cavalier 1In Uncategorized

Worse than British imperialism is imperialism that lacks self-awareness.

I now understand why Boris Johnson banned the phrase ‘special relationship’

On October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 By Cavalier 1In Uncategorized

The phrase may sound needy to some British ears, but to Americans it is a source of comfort.

Review: ‘My Father Left Me Ireland’ by Michael Brendan Dougherty

On October 3, 2019October 2, 2019 By Cavalier 1In Book Reviews

In the face of society’s ambivalence if not active hostility toward his mother’s life and death, one begins to doubt that every taboo shed constitutes progress.

The war we abandoned too soon

On September 30, 2019 By Cavalier 1In Uncategorized

How much misery could have been averted if, in this case, the Allies had stayed the course?

When even Winston Churchill was tempted by ‘Basic English’

On September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 By Cavalier 1In Uncategorized2 Comments

"Newspeak" — the pared down monstrosity of a language invented by George Orwell in "1984" — drew its inspiration from, perhaps unsurprisingly, an academic at Cambridge.

Review: ‘What Went Wrong?’ by Bernard Lewis

On September 12, 2019October 22, 2019 By Cavalier 1In Book ReviewsLeave a comment

His answer in this concise volume is interesting, but not as interesting as the lesson it holds for the United States today.

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