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The Final Phase
Are you digging the World War Two analogies? Everyone's the new Hitler, because he's the only historical figure anyone's ever heard of. At their Monday-night poker game in hell, that no-name Jap guy must be wondering why he's chopped liver, but it's probably racist to bring that up. World War Two "presupposes there was a World War One, right?" - as the late William Henry III claimed to have heard an American college student formulate it. No one knows anything about that either, but it left almost all the great empires in ruins, and thus bequeathed us the dawn of the modern era, which is itself drawing to a close. So these days I find myself 'tween-wars, reflecting on my last visit to Connaught Place, which is well worth your time if ...
Steyn's Song of the Week
Sixteen Tons
There aren't many songs about labor – that's to say, not just about work, a job, but a song you can feel the sweat and ache in...
Mark at the Movies
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Steyn on Mike Myers' inspired comic creation...
Shaidle at the Cinema
Pather Panchali
Upon the centenary of Satyajit Ray, we present our late friend Kathy Shaidle's take on his 1955 classic Pather Panchali...
Steyn on Culture
From Pussyhats to Peninas
Mark on the abolition of the sexes...
The War on Free Speech
Lozza Laughs Last
In a stunning decision issued by the UK Court of Appeals (Civil Division), Mark's former colleague at GB News Laurence "Lozza" Fox has been delivered a sweet victory in a five year long case involving three individuals who falsely accused him of being racist...
Ave atque vale
The Murder on the Links, part 25
To hear Part Twenty-Five of The Murder on the Links, simply click above. For earlier episodes, see here. For previous Tales for Our Time, please click here. To comment on this latest audio adventure from The Mark Steyn Club, please click here and scroll down - and don't forget to join us tomorrow for Part Twenty-Six of The Murder on the Links. ...
The Bachman Beat
Tal Bachman: Cancelled by Popular Demand: My Final Rugby Installment
Tal Bachman wraps up his epic series...
Laura's Links
Menschlich
Laura Rosen Cohen rounds up the Internet...
Rick's Flicks
Traumatized in Tinseltown: Kirk Douglas in The Bad and the Beautiful
Vincente Minnelli's 1952 movie melodrama The Bad and the Beautiful opens with perhaps the most iconic crane shot ever shown on film...
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