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Bloggers’ Block & Rupert Murdoch
The Polemicist by Michael House LONDON England—(Weekly Hubris)—8/8/11—We bloggers who specialize in righteous indignation sometimes suffer from indignation-overload. There are so many horrors to write about that it is difficult to know where…
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Partners in Crime: Britain, The US & The Scandal of the Dispossessed Chagos Islanders
The Polemicist by Michael House LONDON, England—(Weekly Hubris)—6/27/11—Dervillie Permal lived on the Chagos Islands, a tropical paradise south of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. Until the summer of 1971. He was coming…
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The Murder of Osama bin Laden
The Polemicist by Michael House “I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies…
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Royalty: Proof That Crime Does Pay (in Britain & Elsewhere)
The Polemicist by Michael House LONDON England—(Weekly Hubris)—(5/2/11)—By the time you read this, William Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (currently going under the alias Windsor), Heir Presumptive to the throne of Great Britain, will have married Ms.…
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Bob Dylan Betrays His Roots, His Fans & Chinese Dissidents
The Polemicist by Michael House “No reason to get excited,” the thief he kindly spoke./ “There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke./ But you and I,…
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Bradley Manning, Hero & Martyr
The Polemicist by Michael House LONDON England—(Weekly Hubris)—3/21/11—I would call the punishing of a suspected criminal before he has even had a trial, un-American—if that expression still had any meaning today. It is…
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The Coalition: Cameron’s Fig Leaf
The Polemicist by Michael House LONDON England—(Weekly Hubris)—3/14/11—The last Labour government in Britain was appalling. The dreadful Blair was followed by the almost-as-bad Brown. The score after 13 years in power was: a…
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Guns & Freedom: Egypt Gives the Lie to America’s Firearms Frenzy
The Polemicist by Michael House LONDON, England—(Weekly Hubris)—2/21/11—The American Constitution, as amended in, I believe, 1791, gives citizens of the United States the right to bear arms. The Second Amendment reads as follows:…
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Gays Persecuted in Africa: Religious Extremists to Blame
The Polemicist by Michael House LONDON, England—(Weekly Hubris)—1/31/11—David Kato was a gay Ugandan man. He was known as the “grandfather of the kuchas,” as gay people in Uganda call themselves. Last Wednesday afternoon,…
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China Scores Another “Own-Goal”
The Polemicist by Michael House LONDON, England—(Weekly Hubris)—1/3/11—There is a long history of tyrannical regimes refusing to allow winners of the Nobel Peace Prize to collect their awards. The most recent examples are…