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Theodore Dalrymple is very, very upset at the state of Britain. “There is hardly a British city or town of any size in which to open one's eyes … gulfstream/756
Splendidly dogmatic essay on punctuation: “Periods and commas are lovely because they are simple. They force the writer to express his ideas … gulfstream/819
“Costing an Arm and a Leg: The victims of a growing mental disorder are obsessed with amputation.” The author thinks this is partly a social … gulfstream/1208
“Activate” self-esteem? Is The Body Shop distinguishing between self-esteem (“favourable appreciation or opinion of oneself”) and … gulfstream/1249
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But even if change is inevitable, that portion of change that is the result of human thought and decision is susceptible to moral evaluation. Change is … dalrymple/11
... the middle classes were persuaded by intellectuals for much of the century that an economy is a zero-sum game, and that they were prosperous because … dalrymple/2
