Education, elitism and meritocracy
The Economist speculated this week that the Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition government in the UK might come to be seen as “government by the southern rich for the southern rich”. Skepticlawyer has an interesting post at her eponymous blog, riffing off [...]
On banning the Burqa
Nicolas Sarkozy wants to ban the Burqa. The French National Assembly looks set to agree. Despite all the blah about ‘Western values’, women in the West also have issues with compulsory sexualised visibility. The claim that this regulation of dress [...]
Sleepness nights begin
It’s going to be one of those weekends where too much sport will indeed barely be enough, if you’re a sports-watcher. In the AFL, it’s the home-and-away matchup of the year. While there have been longer winning streaks in the [...]
Merkel 1, Col du Tourmalet 0
I’ve been ‘waiting for the photos to prove it, but Merkel and the Mountain ( described here) is over, and Merkel came out with a points decision, despite some setbacks along the way. The really short version is that I [...]
The Princess of Cleves v. Sarkozy
The French know how to do culture wars properly, and how to protest: witness this delicious story about the cultural and literary fightback against Nicolas Sarkozy from The Guardian.
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