THE FILE IS RENEWED.....after a long holiday respite. What follows is a group of links to articles that have particularly interested, enthused or bemused the proprietor. The first, from the Wall Street Journal almost a month ago, should be reread regularly by any and all who presume to political sophistication. All the other links are provided without commentary but with the recommendation that you check them out.

Soldier, Worker, Rebel, Anarch, The Occidental Quarterly

The Naked Novelist and the Dead Reputation, Commentary Magazine


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One Dangerous Place for Reporters, The Globe and Mail

The Illegal-Settlements Myth, Commentary Magazine

7 Stories Obama Doesn't Want Told, Politico

What To Do With Nazi Philosophers, The Atlantic

Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don't Go, Chronicles of Higher Education

Scientists Say Dolphins Should be Treated as Non-Human Persons, Times Online

Samuel Johnson Restored to his Proper Size and Place

AND FOR THE MUSICAL OFFERING......this wonderful concert from the 2009 Lugano Festival. Major orchestral works by Bloch, DeFalla and Mendelssohn are warmly and vigorously performed. An absolute delight!