How do you know when the memes-‘n’-tropes of an ideology, and its policy corollaries, have become the defining features of our mental reality? When nice Irish girls from Brooklyn use them, as if they … more →
Theoptimisticconservative's Blogtheoptimisticconservative wrote 5 days ago: How do you know when the memes-‘n’-tropes of an ideology, and its policy corollaries, have become th … more →
theoptimisticconservative wrote 3 weeks ago: Collectivized. Poor. Nasty. Brutish. And Short. I asked nearly a month ago what liberals want. … more →
David wrote 4 weeks ago: I was struck last night by how the panellists of BBC1’s Any Questions displayed a rare unity i … more →
theoptimisticconservative wrote 3 months ago: … or is it Kto Kogo? It seems that the worse things get, the more Latin comes pouring out of us. Th … more →
theoptimisticconservative wrote 4 months ago: Youthful = Useful Mark Steyn wrote yesterday at NRO about how useful younger voters have made them … more →
theoptimisticconservative wrote 5 months ago: … of a Hobby Horse I have a few hobby horses, as readers who stick with this blog will learn. On oc … more →
theoptimisticconservative wrote 5 months ago: Give a man a fish… The usually reliable Thomas Sowell seems to have recovered from his una … more →
isseh wrote 1 year ago: “George Parr who is a invester banker is being interviewed by journalist to discussed about cr … more →
kktheone wrote 1 year ago: I was reading an article called “Swaminomics” in the Sunday Times. The author, Mr. Anklesaria, pre … more →
David wrote 1 year ago: For me, ‘progressive’ is something of a dirty word. I associate it with the arrogance of … more →
Dakota wrote 1 year ago: The poor Washington Post can’t seem to make up its mind about market economics. Conservative think … more →
kitanomaru wrote 1 year ago: The cause of the credit crunch initially and the difficulties experienced by markets and regulators … more →
David wrote 1 year ago: England and the EU represent two fundamentally opposing traditions and philosophies. England is the … more →
David wrote 1 year ago: “Let us go out with confidence to meet the world to come, let us embrace this new age of ambit … more →
David wrote 1 year ago: Whatever the whys and wherefores of the Michael Martin expenses row (the Speaker of the House of Com … more →
David wrote 1 year ago: In this blog, I’ve set out to maintain a continuous critique of so-called ‘British value … more →
David wrote 1 year ago: Immigration, from an economic point of view, could be described as a form of ‘onshoring’ … more →
BEC wrote 1 year ago: As consumers of goods and services, what do Boomers want? There are lots clicks on the sidebar wit … more →
BEC wrote 1 year ago: Not only do Boomers know about marketing, marketing knows a lot about Boomers. Or, so several mark … more →