Issue 49
Culture
In Newsweek, Jay P. Green and James D. Paul write about the widespread antisemitism of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” bureaucracies.
Politics
At Constitutional Law Matters, Lord Norton of Louth argues in defence of the appointed House of Lords in the UK. All his arguments are relevant to Canadians, but especially the one about democracy/accountability.
History
At The History of Parliament, Paul Hunneyball recounts the life and times of an Elizabethan earl remarkable for “wickedness, misery, craft, repugnance to all humanity, and perfidious mind”―all allowed to go on unchecked by Queen Elizabeth, of glorious memory, and her Privy Council.
The BBC’s Paul Rincon reports on findings of a vast migration into Britain occurring at the end of the Bronze Age; there are questions about its relationship to linguistic changes as well, but no answers yet.
Law
In Reason, Billy Binion writes about the case of a truck driver jailed for 110 years after having been found guilty of, as best I can tell, negligence causing a deadly accident. It is shocking, yet not uncommon, prosecutorial abuse.
At Double Aspect, I comment on a decision of an Ontario court that invalidated the requirement that prospective teachers pass a math exam on the basis that this supposedly discriminates against minority candidates. Bonkers, I say.
Science
The BBC’s Jonathan Amos reports on two space missions, one that flew through the Sun’s corona (no, not that kind of corona) earlier this year, and another planned to explore interstellar space.
Sport
For the BBC, Ron Ulrich profiles Frank Mill, a German striker who played in
antediluvian timesthe 1980s and 90s.
Music
Another one of my beloved Sibelius Christmas songs, “Nu så kommer julen”, sung by Tom Krause