http://norumbega.co.uk A Feuilleton Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:33:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The life & death of The EuropeanAn idea before its time or the mad dream of a master swindler?Born of the infamous Robert Maxwell, The European had a rocky start and a muddled history. Why, as European institutions only grew in importance, did "Europe's national newspaper" fail?Read»The Kirchners vs. the ... http://norumbega.co.uk/2008/06/30/nor-number-7/ The life & death of The EuropeanAn idea before its time or the mad dream of a master swindler?The inception of The European at the dawn of the 1990s was emblematic of the age. Triumphant scenes of joyful crowds tearing down the Berlin Wall in 1989 sparked exhilaration across the ... http://norumbega.co.uk/2008/06/30/the-european/ The Kirchners vs. the Argentine nationFarm crisis drags on into third month; Mr. & Mrs. Kirchner unrepentantCristina and Nestor Kirchner, Argentina's current president and former president respectively, show little sign of backing down from their tax hike on agricultural exports which has provoked a national crisis in the South American ... http://norumbega.co.uk/2008/06/30/kirchners/ G. K. Chesterton When Plain Folk, such as you or I, See the Sun sinking in the sky, We think it is the Setting Sun, But Mr. Gilbert Chesterton Is not so easily misled. He calmly stands upon his head, And upside down obtains a new And Chestertonian point of view, Observing thus, how from his toes The sun creeps ... http://norumbega.co.uk/2008/06/30/g-k-chesterton/ Berlin State Opera to rebuild main hallGround-up renovation means end to ersatz Baroque of Communist 1950sThe Berlin State Opera has awarded three prizes in the competition for the complete renovation of its main hall and auditorium. The opera house on Unter den Linden was last renovated shortly after the Second ... http://norumbega.co.uk/2008/06/30/berlin-state-opera/ Art in the service of EvilThe covers of The Masses, 1911-1917 One of the innumerable pities of the twentieth century is that great talent was so often employed in pursuit of evil aims, and the beautiful cover illustrations of The Masses, a monthly socialist magazine produced from New York's Greenwich Village ... http://norumbega.co.uk/2008/06/30/the-masses/ QUEBECJudge overrules father's discipline of unruly childGATINEAU - A judge has overruled a father's refusal to allow his 12-year-old daughter go on a school trip in punishment for her unruly behavior. http://norumbega.co.uk/2008/06/21/notw18/ ALBERTATribunal orders evangelical pastor to cease preachingCALGARY - The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal has forbidden evangelical pastor Stephen Boisson from expressing his moral opposition to homosexuality and ordered him to pay $5,000 "damages for pain and suffering" and apologize to the activist who filed the complaint. http://norumbega.co.uk/2008/06/21/notw17/ A History of Political TrialsNot a single head of state who has faced trial for his political actions has ever been acquitted, writes John Laughland introducing his new book, A History of Political Trials from Charles I to Saddam Hussein, over on Brussels Journal. http://norumbega.co.uk/2008/06/05/sr18-2/ Norumbega No. 6 — June 2, 2008Dehumanizing the EnemyMass democracy, mass warfare, mass barbarism.The twentieth century was the most democratic and the bloodiest; these two factors are inextricably linked. Since the First World War we have witnessed the dehumanization of the enemy and the loosening of restraints upon conduct during ... http://norumbega.co.uk/2008/06/02/6-index/