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8 Jan 2009, 3:14 pm
Should we be cruel to be kind, or is Dalrymple way off-beam? [read post]
24 Dec 2008, 1:20 am
Theodore Dalrymple, where are you now that we need you? [read post]
22 Dec 2008, 12:41 pm
Another one from Theodore Dalrymple's "In Praise of Prejudice: The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas": It has been one of the great mistakes of contemporary social thought, at least as exemplified by the policies pursued by governments, that the most important aspect of the environment into which children are born . . . is the material or economic aspect. [read post]
21 Dec 2008, 12:40 pm
From Theodore Dalrymple's "In Praise of Prejudice: The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas": Hatred of the rich is a much stronger emotion than love of the poor: no rampaging mobs ever went through a city seeking out the poor to whom they could give away their possessions. [read post]
20 Dec 2008, 8:47 am
From Theodore Dalrymple's "In Praise of Prejudice: The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas": A strange kind of moral fervor supervenes, an illustration of a phenomenon akin to a law of thermodynamics: namely, the law of the conservation of righteous indignation, which, if it does not attach to one thing, will attach to another. [read post]
3 Dec 2008, 4:26 am
In this riveting book, sixteen of India's most well-known writers go on the road to uncover the reality of AIDS in India and tell the human stories behind the epidemic.Kiran Desai travels to the coast of Andhra Pradesh, where the sex workers are considered the most desirable; Salman Rushdie meets members of Mumbai's transgender community; William Dalrymple encounters the devadasis, women who have been "married" to a temple goddess and thus are deemed… [read post]
1 Dec 2008, 10:13 am
Those who, like me, enjoy the writings of Theodore Dalrymple (the nom-de-plume of Dr. [read post]
18 Nov 2008, 5:19 pm
Already representing Bay Area's San Mateo County to go after former lead-paint makers, Cotchett Pitre has now gotten itself hired to pursue financial claims in Lehman Brothers failure [NLJ] Theodore Dalrymple reviews Paul Offit's... [read post]
12 Nov 2008, 4:26 pm
Baby P and the fascist thugs in the blogosphereI don't think there can be many people who were not shocked upon hearing about the horrific case of Baby P.Over at Comment Central there is a well written and balanced piece by Theodore Dalrymple "We can't be surprised by the death of Baby P - A lethal mixture of bureaucracy, blame culture and fear of violence blinds us to the horror that is staring us in the face".By complete contrast the misnamed Dizzy Thinks has not… [read post]
29 Aug 2008, 10:18 am
Titan prisons will only brutalise their inmatesIt is a dangerous myth that giant institutions are more effective"The idea that giant institutions are efficient is a primitive superstition that daily experience disproves, so is just the kind of thing that British governments are inclined to believe.I do not often agree with the Prison Reform Trust, but on the proposed construction of giant prisons - the criminal justice system's answer to giant casinos, I suppose - I do… [read post]
28 Aug 2008, 9:59 pm
When Theodore Dalrymple (aka Dr.Anthony Daniels) writes about prisons he does so from experience. [read post]
11 Jul 2008, 6:44 am
Dalrymple, 2008 U.S. [read post]
10 Apr 2008, 2:04 pm
Coincidentally, another blogger has just sent me this, a critique by the formidable Theodore Dalrymple of this. [read post]
28 Mar 2008, 12:26 am
CPR interviews co-founder Sanjay Kamlani and VP of Legal Services Shelly Dalrymple of Pangea3 (40 minutes). [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 2:15 am
Both Dalrymple and Tully have some English public-school nostalgia for an older, poorer, more traditional India. [read post]
8 Dec 2007, 11:21 am
William Dalrymple is surely one of the most astute (and sympathetic) western commentators on India. [read post]
28 Oct 2007, 3:50 pm
The Pennsylvania Superior Court's 2007 decision in Dalrymple v. [read post]
19 Oct 2007, 1:04 pm
It is not necessary to agree with Theodore Dalrymple (aka Dr. [read post]
12 Sep 2007, 4:00 am
In earlier demonstrations, the lawyers had clashed with riot police, and the country's most senior barristers, silk ties flying, had responded with surprising vigor, hurling back tear-gas cannisters at staff-wielding policemen and jabbing at them with furled umbrellas.Link: William Dalrymple, "Days of Rage," The New Yorker, July 23, 2007 at p. 26. [read post]
1 Sep 2007, 5:08 pm
Per Andrew Carroll (Theodore Dalrymple), I do not need to respect Jack Kerouak as a great writer (H/T Kurp). [read post]
