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An Old Dog's New Trick

• The Prophet Armed: Trotsky 1879-1921, by Isaac Deutscher {Magnificient biography finally back in print, along with Volumes II and III. But better start before the revolution -- and Deutscher's conscience -- was betrayed.} • Scoop, by Evelyn Waugh ...

From MICHAEL WEISS, Snarksmith,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Anthony Lane,  Billy Bragg,  Evelyn Waugh,  Kingsley Amis,  Martin Amis

The Death of Attention

• The Prophet Armed: Trotsky 1879-1921, by Isaac Deutscher {Magnificient biography finally back in print, along with Volumes II and III. But better start before the revolution -- and Deutscher's conscience -- was betrayed.} • Scoop, by Evelyn Waugh ...

From MICHAEL WEISS, Snarksmith,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Evelyn Waugh,  Anthony Lane,  Martin Amis,  Billy Bragg,  Kingsley Amis

Socialism of Fools

• The Prophet Armed: Trotsky 1879-1921, by Isaac Deutscher {Magnificient biography finally back in print, along with Volumes II and III. But better start before the revolution -- and Deutscher's conscience -- was betrayed.} • Scoop, by Evelyn Waugh ...

From MICHAEL WEISS, Snarksmith,  8 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Anthony Lane,  Billy Bragg,  Kingsley Amis,  Evelyn Waugh,  Michael Mann

It's becoming increasingly difficult for Israel to unplug for Yom Kippur.

Yom Kippur is devoted to atonement and forgiveness—or "conscience consciousness-raising," as I once heard a rabbi still recovering from the '70s phrase it. In itself, the purpose of the holiday needn't really affect day-to-day life, except that ...

From MICHAEL WEISS, Slate,  25 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  O J Simpson,  MTV,  George Gilder,  NASDAQ

The Body Politic Electric

• The Prophet Armed: Trotsky 1879-1921, by Isaac Deutscher {Magnificient biography finally back in print, along with Volumes II and III. But better start before the revolution -- and Deutscher's conscience -- was betrayed.} • Scoop, by Evelyn Waugh ...

From MICHAEL WEISS, Snarksmith,  24 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Kingsley Amis,  Anthony Lane,  Billy Bragg,  Evelyn Waugh,  Martin Amis

Human Rights Watch and Their Analyst's 'Weird' Hobby

• The Prophet Armed: Trotsky 1879-1921, by Isaac Deutscher {Magnificient biography finally back in print, along with Volumes II and III. But better start before the revolution -- and Deutscher's conscience -- was betrayed.} • Scoop, by Evelyn Waugh ...

From MICHAEL WEISS, Snarksmith,  18 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Kingsley Amis,  Anthony Lane,  Billy Bragg,  Evelyn Waugh,  Martin Amis

Tell Me Sweet Little...

• The Prophet Armed: Trotsky 1879-1921, by Isaac Deutscher {Magnificient biography finally back in print, along with Volumes II and III. But better start before the revolution -- and Deutscher's conscience -- was betrayed.} • Scoop, by Evelyn Waugh ...

From MICHAEL WEISS, Snarksmith,  11 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Joseph C. Wilson,  Anthony Lane,  Kingsley Amis,  Billy Bragg,  Evelyn Waugh

Pilgrim of Doubt

"I have just read what appears to be the speech which lacks rhetorical confidence, but it made a considerable impression upon both Whigs and Tories. Like Shelley, Byron was a poet of the left, and revolution kindled his enthusiasm, but his concern ...

From MICHAEL WEISS, Snarksmith,  10 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Lord Byron,  Karl Marx,  UK Conservative Party,  Harold Bloom,  Paul Johnson

Mad Dog, No Glory

• The Prophet Armed: Trotsky 1879-1921, by Isaac Deutscher {Magnificient biography finally back in print, along with Volumes II and III. But better start before the revolution -- and Deutscher's conscience -- was betrayed.} • Scoop, by Evelyn Waugh ...

From MICHAEL WEISS, Snarksmith,  8 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Anthony Lane,  Billy Bragg,  Kingsley Amis,  Michael Mann,  Evelyn Waugh

The Forbidding Sequel

• The Prophet Armed: Trotsky 1879-1921, by Isaac Deutscher {Magnificient biography finally back in print, along with Volumes II and III. But better start before the revolution -- and Deutscher's conscience -- was betrayed.} • Scoop, by Evelyn Waugh ...

From MICHAEL WEISS, Snarksmith,  4 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Anthony Lane,  Kingsley Amis,  Billy Bragg,  Evelyn Waugh,  Martin Amis

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