The Pitiable Thing That Was Once a Man
Welcome to the conclusion of a wintry Tale for Our Time for this January: first published in 1899, this is Jack London's account of the awesome powers of The White Silence. A First Weekend Founding Member of The Mark Steyn Club, Josh Passell, writes: To paraphrase the fellow you quote in the introduction, I'd rather have The White Silence than any New Yorker short story since Salinger. The snowshoeing passage alone is compelling reading. Thank you for choosing this tale and reading it so compellingly. Thank you, Josh. I'm not sure my late New Hampshire neighbor, Mr Salinger, wouldn't have agreed with you. In tonight's concluding episode, "the pitiable thing that was once a man" faces the reality of the situation: 'I'm a gone man, Kid. ... |
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Politics & Current AffairsImpeachment Non-Watch
As I wrote in The Spectator way back on February 13th 1999: At the time of writing, I do not know the verdict of the impeachment trial. But undoubtedly, by the time you read this, William Jefferson Clinton will have been convicted and removed by, oh, at least 83 out of 100 Senators. Okay, maybe not. So instead, in this brief interlude between the end of the President's first impeachment trial and the start of his second - over the so-called 'Jane Doe #5', the contract killing of Kathleen Willey's cat, or whatever else comes along - let me make another prediction: if Al Gore isn't president before November 2000, he won't be afterwards. Actually, I made that prediction in these pages last summer, but now that the Vice-President is locking ... Politics & Current AffairsObjection: Sad!
Why the accused Trump should represent himself - plus dollies with dangles, and the jihadist as victim Laura's LinksJanuary Blues
From stoner drivers to the perils of soy, this week's Laura's Links Mark's MailboxThe Case for an Unimportant Araby
Mark answers more questions from Steyn Club members on sundry topics from the need to make the Middle East utterly inconsequential to Justin Trudeau's spectacular Beard of Gravitas via imperialist alternatives and cultural confidence: Mark's Mailbox is made possible through the support of members of The Mark Steyn Club, for which we... Ave atque valeRevenge on Reality
Mark salutes some old friends and acquaintances Clubland Q&AThe Last Waltz
Steyn answers questions on everything from impeachment to whether "social media" is reconfiguring humanity Katz & Blaze TV vs SteynSteyn Wins ...Again
Litigious losers Cary Katz and Blaze/CRTV strike out yet again Mann vs SteynFootball and Hockey
The Corner post that launched a lawsuit... The War on Free SpeechMichael E Mann, Loser
Dr Tim Ball prevails against a fake-o litigant who failed to prosecute his case |
Shaidle at the CinemaRope
Kathy Shaidle on the minimally edited Alfred Hitchcock thriller Rope, starring John Dall, Farley Granger and Jimmy Stewart. A Clubman's NotesSole Speck on a Ghostly Waste
Welcome to the thirty-third Mark Steyn Tale for Our Time, our series of monthly audio adventures - which in this particular instance is also partly a video adventure. On our annual Mark Steyn Cruise we do a lot of what we do here each week at SteynOnline, but live and on water. So sailing up Alaska's beautiful inside passage seemed an appropriate occasion to revisit a favorite author of Tales for Our Time listeners: Jack London... Steyn's Song of the WeekI'm Just Wild About Harry
A song for a prince, and headline writers everywhere The Mark Steyn Weekend ShowA Ribband of Red, a Rose of Shame
On the TownTwelfth Night Live!
The best live music from Mark's shows over the years - with Randy Bachman, Patsy Gallant, Peter Noone & Herman's Hermits, Ted Nugent, Elisabeth von Trapp, Loudon Wainwright III, and many more The Mark Steyn ShowThe Accelerating Madness
Mark talks to Douglas Murray about his new book The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity Politics & Current AffairsMichael E Mann, Loser and Liar ...and Scofflaw and Deadbeat?
After losing big time in court, will the self-proclaimed Nobel Laureate have to take out a mortgage on his hockey stick? |
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