Rousseau’s reputation during his lifetime, and his influence after his death, raise disturbing questions about human gullibility, and indeed about the human propensity to reject evidence it does not wish to admit.
– Paul Johnson
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November 15th, 2002 | 16 comments - (Comments are closed)
 That seems to point up a significant difference between Europeans and Americans. A European says: “I can’t understand this, what’s wrong with me?” An American says: “I can’t understand this, what’s wrong with him?” November 14th, 2002 | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)
This is truly terrifying. It’s almost as if, in addition to the Fabian socialists, a parallel group of Fabian fascists was loose in Europe – except they actually found a way into the bureaucracy to steer it. November 13th, 2002 | Comments are closed
Indeed, the safest road to Hell is the gradual one – the gentle one, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. November 12th, 2002 | One comment - (Comments are closed)
I am never in favour of war… but the fact is we are now in a war, so the question is, do we win it? November 11th, 2002 | Comments are closed
I found while driving in Wyoming that wearing a stetson and driving a beat-up pickup meant you could go as fast as you like, while the police picked up Californian winnebagos that went one mph over 55. After all, they wanted to bring money into the state, not merely circulate it. November 10th, 2002 | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)
That’s why it’s always worth having a few philosophers around the place. One minute it’s all Is Truth Beauty and Is Beauty Truth, and Does A Falling Tree in the Forest Make A Sound if There’s No one There to Hear It, and then just when you think they’re going to start dribbling one of ’em says, Incidentally, putting a thirty-foot parabolic reflector on a high place to shoot the rays of the sun at an enemy’s ships would be a very interesting demonstration of optical principles. November 9th, 2002 | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
Dream on. British TV Is The Best In The World is on a par with the statement about how British Justice Is The Envy Of The World (“Hey, Miguel, how come we can’t convict innocent people so quickly and expensively?”) November 8th, 2002 | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
I must confess the the activities of the UK governments for the past couple of years have been watched with frank admiration and amazement by Lord Vetinari. Outright theft as a policy had never occured to him. November 7th, 2002 | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
They think they want good government and justice for all, Vimes, yet what is it they really crave, deep in their hearts? Only that things go on as normal and tomorrow is pretty much like today. November 6th, 2002 | Comments are closed
The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended. November 5th, 2002 | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
In a real democracy, the relationship between the media and the governing elite is that of a pack of rottweilers maintaining surveillance on a gang of burglars. In Scotland, it more closely resembles the relationship between the Brigade of Guards and the sovereign.
November 4th, 2002 | Comments are closed
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