Right, it’s been a while since I’ve done any book reviews, so it’s a good enough time to start an overview of the summer’s reading. And where better to start than with Dave Aar… more →
Splintered Sunriselouisproyect wrote 4 days ago: Michael Berube Skimming through Michael Berube’s newly published Eustonesque manifesto “ … more →
louisproyect wrote 3 weeks ago: George Packer Mark Danner Before getting into the details of this feud between two very unsavory cha … more →
splinteredsunrise wrote 3 months ago: Right, it’s been a while since I’ve done any book reviews, so it’s a good enough t … more →
splinteredsunrise wrote 3 months ago: Also spricht Normski: Grayling underestimates the problems of ignorance and prejudice by writing as … more →
splinteredsunrise wrote 3 months ago: Regular readers will have noticed that this blog hasn’t covered the Decent Left much of late. … more →
splinteredsunrise wrote 8 months ago: I must confess that these days I read Private Eye more out of duty and habit than real pleasure. Cer … more →
splinteredsunrise wrote 8 months ago: You know, I always liked Nick Cohen, and even now sometimes hope that he’ll pull his finger ou … more →
louisproyect wrote 9 months ago: Richard Seymour’s The Liberal Defence Of Murder by Louis Proyect Book Review Seymour, Richard: … more →
splinteredsunrise wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes you do get presented with an open goal. Last night on Nolan Live, Angry Steve was discussi … more →
louisproyect wrote 1 year ago: When candidate Obama selected Samantha Power to be his foreign policy adviser, this was a clear sign … more →
splinteredsunrise wrote 1 year ago: I’ll be honest, the Nation is in the normal run of things not a publication I read very often, and t … more →
splinteredsunrise wrote 1 year ago: This morning we turn to the latest Private Eye, and I am pleased to note an appearance by regular De … more →
splinteredsunrise wrote 1 year ago: One of the beneficial side-effects of the American election is the developing smackdown on the Decen … more →
louisproyect wrote 1 year ago: The 1954 CIA-financed Halas and Batchelor animated production of George Orwell’s “Animal … more →
splinteredsunrise wrote 1 year ago: I remember being in Dublin ten years or so ago when Democratic Left voted to dissolve itself into th … more →
splinteredsunrise wrote 1 year ago: Alan (Not The Minister) Johnson: A lot of people may be asking themselves, what can I do about the s … more →
splinteredsunrise wrote 1 year ago: For a country that supposedly treats the Eurovision as a joke, isn’t it amazing how much the Brits c … more →
ivandrury wrote 1 year ago: The National Post has weighed in on the “honest anti-war position” and, big surprise, it … more →
splinteredsunrise wrote 1 year ago: Moral outrage. It’s not one of the first things I always think about in terms of the Decent Left, bu … more →