Authoritarianism
2026…..The Year to Start Stopping
A list of fings wot annoy me would be a very,very long list indeed. But we have to start somewhere. So, in the spirit of a New Year, New Slate, how about – Government & Media………………. [more…]
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Business
Investment : Timing is everything
It’s poetic that Warren Buffett stepped down at Berkshire Hathaway earlier this year after one of the most extraordinary investing careers in modern history. Financial savvy Puffins (are there any other ?) will not need [more…]
20th Century
On this day – 30th September 1955
Do famous people who die before their time have a disproportionate impact on popular culture ? This theory is certainly borne out by the resonance that James Dean has had in the decades since his [more…]
20th Century
On this day, 1945
On this day 80 years ago, the Allied powers accepted Germany’s unconditional surrender, bringing an official end to World War II in Europe. We in the U.K. celebrate 8 May as Victory in Europe Day, [more…]
America
They call him the Great Disruptor
It’s been interesting (but entirely predictable) to see the world reaction to Trump’s tariff speech. I suppose that hysteria is warranted, because what Trump has done is indeed unprecedented and likely to have seismic effects, [more…]
Politics
Why we Fight, Part Two
A sense of civil war is abroad in “The West” – between liberal remnants who seek to frame globalist values as identical with “Western” values – and a rising populist tide that prefers sanity and order to the politics of national suicide. [more…]
Politics
Why we Fight, Part One
The cool kids table at Davos has become a truly funny place as a tribe of self-anointed, self-credentialed, self-referential, and self-styled “elites” gather to discuss their eliteness and why it’s time that the rest of [more…]
America
DJT has come out
(not the words you were perhaps anticipating…) to claim that the 11th hour Biden pardons are illegitimate because they were signed by autopen and, moreover, “Joe did not know.” Hmmmmmmmmmm I suspect this will be [more…]
America
Mr Zelenskyy goes to Washington
On October 17, 1939, Frank Capra’s film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington premiered, becoming a landmark in American cinema. Starring James Stewart as the sincere and unassuming Jefferson Smith, this political drama explores the conflict between [more…]