Dithyramb

Definetely on the alternative side...

Smells like Ukuleles

Britains war-debt finally to be repaid!!!

What's a little debt between friends?

The UK is about to pay off the last of its World War II loans from the US. But it hasn't always been so fastidious.

On 31 December, the UK will make a payment of about $83m (£45.5m) to the US and so discharge the last of its loans from World War II from its transatlantic ally.

What if...

In the Eye of the Beholder
Imagine if we’d reported and opined on WWII the way we do now. an interesting piece byVictor Davis Hanson: a counter-factual historical article imagining what it would be like if WWII was fought in today's cultural "anti-war" climate.

Sweden and France refuse to meet with Hamas

"HELSINKI (AFP) - Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson has said two leading Hamas officials hoping to visit Sweden this month would not be allowed entry after France denied them a visa."

Hopefully Norway will do the same and show some moral resolve. But it is unlikely all the while so many voices including the government cry out for the economic support of Hamas and not cutting aid money.

Freedom vs. democracy

Peter Schwartz Freedom vs. unlimited majority rule

"We need to stop confusing democracy with freedom. Morally supporting
freedom is always in our interests. But supporting unlimited majority
rule is always destructive--to us, and to all who value the rights of
the individual."

BBC criticised for not using the T-word

News chiefs criticised for avoiding the word terrorism

"The BBC should get its "language right" and not be afraid to use the word "terrorism" in its news coverage, an independent report said yesterday."

Hiroshima

John Lewis has en excellent piece in Capitalism Magazine entitled The Moral Lesson of Hiroshima