Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
By Frederick Dixon: “Lies, damned lies and statistics”; I’m not sure that Disraeli’s famous quote is really fair because figures, if they are accurate and complete, cannot lie. They can though be “spun” to prove that the glass is really half full rather than half empty. A perfect example of such spinning was to be seen earlier this week when the Telegraph blared that “Britain’s multi-cultural melting pot is gathering speed”.The cause of the excitement?…
One Fine Morning… : Musings on the ‘Dangerous’ Poetry of Robert E Howard
By Jez Turner: A long bow and a strong bow, and let the sky grow dark! The cord to the nock, the shaft to the ear, and the King of Koth for a mark! [Song of the Bossonian Archers] Robert E Howard, is very much in vogue at the moment among Identitarians. For instance see the highly recommended Jonathan Bowden ‘Pulp Fascism’, edited by Greg Johnson, (Counter Currents Publishing, San Francisco 2013). This book contains…