David Woods
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Newfoundland was Britain’s oldest colony; in 1949, however, its inhabitants narrowly voted to join Canada, thus becoming the 10th p ...
7 years ago
Club toting neanderthals, squatting around a carcass, sniffing and grunting and divvying up property, may have been having the precursor ...
7 years ago
U.S. incarceration rates too high, too lengthy, too arbitrary
I know not whether laws be right,Or whether laws be wrong,All that we know who lie in jail,Is th ...
7 years ago
Revisiting the road to Scottish independence
Whether this windswept craggy land of 5 million will decide to take the high road to independence or the low one to the status quo, Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon has no doubts.
8 years ago
The decline of political wit, and the death of the stylish insult
This July will mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen — so this year is surely a fitting time to reflect on a subject b ...
8 years ago
Will we ever get health care reform right?
The ill-conceived replacements for Obamacare would have left some 14 million Americans without health insurance and have an unh ...
8 years ago
What can we learn from George Orwell today?
There is much to be learned from George Orwell’s classic novel “1984,” written in 1949, which has suddenly jumped again ...
8 years ago
Is it time to introduce military or community service for all 18-year-olds?
Should we introduce military or community service for 18-year-olds? I believe that the benefits outweigh the negatives, provided that the ...
8 years ago
Why do American audiences love theatrical duds?
Richard Strauss’s opera “Der Rosencavalier” first performed in 1911 attracted rave reviews internationally and in citie ...
8 years ago
Are colleges teaching students how to think?
“A cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with an education.”—Mark Twain A friend ...
8 years ago
So you want to be a celebrity? You’ll need some Trumpian brashness; talent is optional
Malcolm Muggeridge, noted British television scourge and scold, told me that television will destroy journalism, ...
8 years ago
The dangers of muzzling free speech
Galileo was put under house arrest. That’s not exactly how contrarians are treated in academia today, but there is a troubling move toward suppressing free speech and ideas.
8 years ago