Cynicism From Concentrate

Yegods, this is a special kind of stupid: But surely she must see, I counter, that the majority of British Muslims are moderates? Sitting in her publisher’s office in an elegant grey-flannel trouser suit and pearl earrings, she fixes me with her lucid brown eyes. “If the majority are moderates, why

There’s a curious compulsion within the American conservative movement to classify everything as either “conservative” or “liberal”, much like the Daily Mail’s attempts to order the natural world into things which cause cancer, and those which do not. Mostly one finds – unexpectedly, of course – tha

And so this is fun, watching the Democrats blow a once in a lifetime opportunity to do something vaguely centre-leftish. Of course, since they’re not technically a centre-left party, but an agglomeration of almost everyone in America who is not definably crazy, it means you have a party whose ideolo

Please don’t suck too bad tonight. That is all.

Well, bugger, I’ve neglected this, haven’t I? I do apologise. I am an unreliable sort. As a return, here’s, as usual, a slightly half-formed post with an economic tinge. I’m often torn when it comes to the matter of modern financial capitalism. Considering the utter rottenness of the edifice, part o

Ok, ok, I know, I’m shit. TEZHI has never really got off the ground and life (specifically moving into a place which has no internets) has got in the way of this blog. But we shall begin anew! A year zero! But not in a Republican France or Khmer Rouge kind of way. Well, maybe [...]

From the mouths of libertarians, little acorns of selfishness grow into gigantic oaks of twattery. If you’ve clicked on the link, you’ll find Matt Welch, part of a collective of motherfuckers called Reason magazine, a publication celebrating that peculiarly American ideology, libertarianism. Sometim

It was decided fairly early on (by BITS. In my BRAIN. BRAIN BITS.) that I felt I needed somewhere to rant about politics, and also a more whimsical, calm place where I could talk about things that are interesting to me, like culture, etc. This isn’t because I consider culture some kind of distinct c

Or something like that. You know how things need to be portentious or dramatic in the blogosphere, so I’m doing my bit. This is a wordpress version of a blogspot blog, also entitled Cynicism From Concentrate, which you can view here. It is the sincere wish of the writer that this is a more long-live