Theodore Dalrymple at the City Journal considers the differences between the humbug of cant and hypocrisy, which at least has the saving grace of being the tribute vice pays to virtue, and finds the dominance of cant today is illiberal, anti-intellectual and authoritarian: Leaders in cant are not inquirers after truth but seekers of power, […]
On The Culture War And The Need To Belong
In this thoughtful essay, Marie Kawthar Daouda in Briefings for Britain contemplates the importance of belonging, the possibility of holding more than a single affiliation, and that belonging is neither a left nor right question. Rooting is far from being solely defended by right-right-wing reactionaries such as Maistre and Maurice Barrès, but finds its most […]