I don't think it's a good idea to go to Wikipedia for information; it's as likely to tell you that Genghis Khan was the father of Emily Dickinson as anything else. Usually best to go to primary sources.

I'm not convinced by the idea of cultural relativism, it seems like a side path to a blind alley. The post-war position concerning Palestine, and the setting up of the Israeli state, has its roots in both the practical support Palestine gave to fleeing Nazis - support and succour in the first instan...

I recently re-read 'Vida', Marge Piercy's novel about 1960s radicals. A much neglected writer these days.

Fair enough, 'dominated' is too strong a term, as evidenced by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakrabarti_Inquiry But I still think the general point holds that anti-Semitism these days is stronger on the political left than on the political right I don't quite follow - on what basis do you think tha...

A compendium of I.F Stone's Weekly, published in Penguin.

None of the length you mention, but these are worth reading; My Old Man - Hemingway Boule De Suif - Maupassant The Railwayman - Dickens Ma Parker - Katherine Mansfield Manual For Cleaning Women - Lucia Berger Diamond As Big As The Ritz - Fitzgerald Anything by Ring Lardner, John Cheever, Margaret At...

This is interesting because children's books end up freighted with expectation; there is a sense that they are somehow a window to the adult psyche. I don't think there is any truth in that but it is certainly true that out of all the drivel we read and enjoy as children, some books stay forever in ...

I don't think the Labour party is dominated by anti-Semitic voices; right-wing propaganda would have you believe that is the case, but it is not. The Labour Party is supportive of a two-state solution in Palestine, and Israel, supported by Trump's administration opposes that, so the position remains...

Ah, the 'silent majority' - except they aren't; not unlike most places, in UK it's the Brexiteers. I was thinking about Trump's subtext of being for the disenfranchised. I came to the conclusion that they aren't disenfranchised, but poor and know that they are exploited. Amazingly, they vote for mor...

I realise that this may be considered as a very naïve question, and possibly derided as such, but I've not found a truly convincing answer: why do Trump supporters love him so much ? When asked, they never answer the question directly and clearly, without artifice, insult or anger.