The tax deal: short-term victory for Obama
The big news in American politics recently has been the surprising tax deal President Obama made with the Republicans in Congress.
Tax cuts introduced in 2001 and 2003 during the George W. Bush presidency were positioned at that time as “temporary”, and were due to expire at the end of this ...
Starting to get in the Christmas spirit…
Bruce and the E-Street Band (London, 2007).
This week’s articles of note
“Demography vs. geography: understanding the political future,” The American, by Joel Kotkin
“‘People want to be part of the story,'” Financial Times. Simon Schama interviews Arianna Huffington
“Jamie Dimon: America’s least-hated banker,” The New York Times Magazine, by Roger Lowenstein
“The crisis of the American intellectual,” The American Interest, ...
NASA’s amazing discovery of alien life – in California
When NASA announced last week that it had a new discovery “which would impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life,” the media clamored for details. But when the space agency finally unveiled the news that it had found alien life in the form of a microbe with previously-unknown DNA that that ...
Palin: a creation of the liberal-left
I have argued for some time that the prominence of Sarah Palin reflects mainly liberals’ fascination with her (see here) .
Liberals have obsessively followed this ex-governor, ex-VP candidate, and consequently built her up into something ...
This week’s articles of note
“What does it mean to be a liberal today?” The Independent. Sarah Boyes interviews Frank Furedi
“Things fall apart,” The American Interest, by Walter Russell Mead
“The doom boom: religious roots of environmental Armageddon,” Chronicle of Higher Education, by Michael Ruse
“Africa needs aid, not flawed theories,” Wall Street ...
People would rather see celebrities “dead” than donate to AIDS charity
The “Digital Death” campaign from AIDS charity “Keep a Child Alive” has got to be one of the most sanctimonious celebrity campaigns ever. It is also turning out to be one of ...
Jon Stewart: stop the Wikileaks “drama”
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10cDiane Ravitch responds to Bill Gates
Bill Gates has spent a lot of his money in support of trendy school reforms, and education historian Diane Ravitch has become recognized as probably his most articulate opponent in this area. In an interview with ...
Too much vitamin D, or not enough? Yes
Today’s New York Times front page has a story with the headline “Extra vitamin D and calcium aren’t necessary, report says”. It refers to a report from an expert committee, which the Times says finds:
The very high levels of vitamin D that are often recommended by doctors and testing laboratories – ...
ABOUT SEAN COLLINS
I write about American current affairs for Spiked, the online magazine. I am a native New Yorker, and I divide my time between New York City and upstate New York.
In addition to articles for Spiked, The Australian and other publications, I contributed an essay, "BDS: Demonizing Israel, Destroying Free Speech," for the book Unsafe Space: The Crisis of Free Speech on Campus (2016). I also wrote a chapter on New York City's economy for the book London After Recession: A Fictitious Capital? (2012).
My writings have been cited in American Conservative, Arts & Letters Daily, the Financial Times, Fox News, the Huffington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, the New York Times, Real Clear Politics, and the Times of London, among other media.
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