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The West Speaks
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Mohammed and Charlemagne Revisited: The History of a Controversy
Emmet Scott |
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Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy
Ibn Warraq |
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Anything Goes
by Theodore Dalrymple |
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Karimi Hotel
De Nidra Poller |
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The Left is Seldom Right
by Norman Berdichevsky |
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Allah is Dead: Why Islam is Not a Religion
by Rebecca Bynum |
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Virgins? What Virgins?: And Other Essays
by Ibn Warraq |
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An Introduction to Danish Culture
by Norman Berdichevsky |
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The New Vichy Syndrome:
by Theodore Dalrymple |
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Jihad and Genocide
by Richard L. Rubenstein |
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Second Opinion
by Theodore Dalrymple |
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Not With a Bang But a Whimper: The Politics and Culture of Decline
by Theodore Dalrymple |
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In Praise of Prejudice: The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas
by Theodore Dalrymple |
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Defending The West:
by Ibn Warraq |
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Nations, Language and Citizenship:
by Norman Berdichevsky |
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Romancing Opiates
by Theodore Dalrymple |
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Which Koran?
by Ibn Warraq |
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Our Culture, What's Left of It
by Theodore Dalrymple |
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What The Koran Really Says
by Ibn Warraq |
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Life at the Bottom
by Theodore Dalrymple |
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The Origins of the Koran
by Ibn Warraq |
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Why I Am Not Muslim
by Ibn Warraq |
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Spanish Vignettes: An Offbeat Look Into Spain's Culture, Society & History
by Norman Berdichevsky |
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Leaving Islam
Edited by Ibn Warraq |
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The Danish-German Border Dispute, 1815-2001: Aspects of Cultural and Demographic Politics
by Norman Berdichevsky |
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What's Love Got to Do with It?: Emotions and Relationships in Pop Songs
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Here are the Blogs in the John M. Joyce category.
Sunday, 7 November 2010
Here Be A Dragon
Here at NER I used a little bit of the Arthurian legend in a short story and today, Sunday 7th. November, the legend reared up and bit me, so to speak. 'How did it manage that?' you no doubt ask. Well, let me tell you. Are you sitting comfortably? Good, then I'll begin.
We all know that there ...Read More...
Posted on 11/07/2010 5:55 AM by John M. Joyce
Saturday, 6 November 2010
With Not A Runcible Spoon In Sight
I think that James Whitcomb Riley had the right of it -
"The jelly - the jam and the marmalade,
And the cherry - and quince - "preserves" she made!
And the sweet-sour pickles of peach and pear,
With cinnamon in 'em, and ...Read More...
Posted on 11/06/2010 8:16 AM by John M. Joyce
Saturday, 6 November 2010
Crusaders� Saint
Today is the Feast day of Saint Leonard of Noblac, freer of captives and patron Saint of prisoners, those possessed by an evil spirit and women in confinement.
He was also entreated by many Crusader knights, and others, who fell into the hands of the bloodthirsty mussulmans and many thousands ...Read More...
Posted on 11/06/2010 6:16 AM by John M. Joyce
Friday, 5 November 2010
Bonfire Of The Anomies
Bonfires are interesting, not just to remember Guy Fawkes's plot by (or to lament that he failed over) but also to reflect upon our deeper culture with - 'culture', you know (surely you remember), that attribute that we are supposed not have because we are merely Western peoples.
Anyway, this ...Read More...
Posted on 11/05/2010 6:03 AM by John M. Joyce
Friday, 5 November 2010
Has You Heard Of HAS Or Has You Ain�t
(With apologies to Louis Jordan and Bill Austin).
I think that it was Oscar Wilde who said "Everyone has a right to be stupid but some people just abuse the privilege" and I have always felt that the inability of a considerable number of gay people to see that Islam is not necessarily a good ...Read More...
Posted on 11/05/2010 5:47 AM by John M. Joyce
Monday, 21 June 2010
Dreaming Spires And Ancient Roots � And Moai!
Our civilisation is ancient and its roots run deep – far more ancient and far deeper than anything that Islam can posit as civilised societies. Some time ago I posted about how ancient London is as a place of human habitation so it comes as no surprise to me to learn that Oxford – one of ...Read More...
Posted on 06/21/2010 6:16 AM by John M. Joyce
Sunday, 20 June 2010
A Photomontage And A Painting � And Just Guess Who Gets All Offended!
Compare and contrast the two excerpts that I reproduce below for your delectation.
The first is from Earth Times:
Serbia's Islamic Community on Saturday protested against a photomontage published in the daily Blic and demanded a "symbolic" compensation of 100 million euros ...Read More...
Posted on 06/20/2010 6:01 AM by John M. Joyce
Saturday, 10 April 2010
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories
The heading is a quote from Arthur C. Clarke, the great science fiction writer. I don’t know whether or not he would have approved of the author Tom Kratman who also writes science fiction, but I do and I’ve just enjoyed reading his science fiction novel entitled Caliphate.
As usual ...Read More...
Posted on 04/10/2010 6:33 AM by John M. Joyce
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Of Morris And Men
Esme’s excellent post here is very relevant indeed and it contains some fascinating photographs of Inn signs. I hadn’t really noticed Inn signs until Esme started her series of posts about them, but now I’m hooked. They are yet another of our traditions that embody so much of our history. ...Read More...
Posted on 01/03/2010 6:54 AM by John M. Joyce
Friday, 1 January 2010
Hogmanay
I, and my partner R-------, am in the North of Scotland for this New Year. It took us over twenty hours to drive here through the snow-bound chaos that Britain has become over the last week or so – a journey that usually only takes us ten to twelve hours. It was a drive straight out of ones worst ...Read More...
Posted on 01/01/2010 7:00 AM by John M. Joyce
Thursday, 31 December 2009
Of Cauliflowers And Kings
Esmerelda’s excellent and highly amusing post for the Sixth Day of Christmas is here. It has more of her photographs of wonderful English Inn signs and is well worth a look, as well as being very relevant indeed to this sixth day of Christmas.
Although Esme’s tavern keeper probably didn’t ...Read More...
Posted on 12/31/2009 7:57 AM by John M. Joyce
Monday, 28 December 2009
A Funny Interlude
You know that you live in a small town when the guy who serves you at your local store speaks English – as his first language! ...Read More...
Posted on 12/28/2009 7:03 AM by John M. Joyce
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Christmas Carols XI
This, some of you might be pleased to discover, is the final post in this series. The posts have been fun to write and I hope that you have enjoyed some of them and some of the links to the music.
You’ll no doubt have noted that Rebecca posted here Robert Herrick’s (1591-1674) merry Carol. ...Read More...
Posted on 12/24/2009 7:18 AM by John M. Joyce
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Christmas Carols X
I’ve barely scratched the surface of the history of Christmas Carols because I’ve allowed myself to be diverted into a few interesting side-channels, so in this penultimate post of the series let me rapidly fill in some of the major historical points and give you all the occasional link ...Read More...
Posted on 12/23/2009 7:07 AM by John M. Joyce
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Christmas Carols IX
Silent Night
I have endeavoured to point out in this short series of posts that the tradition of Christmas Carols is an ever-changing one in its details and that new Carols come into being all the time. Perhaps the most famous new Carol of our modern age is ‘Silent Night’:
Stille ...Read More...
Posted on 12/22/2009 9:43 AM by John M. Joyce
Monday, 21 December 2009
Christmas Carols VIII
As I wrote in yesterday's post I consider the distinction between Christmas Carols and Christmas songs to be rather artificial. Many of our modern Christmas songs mention a certain Santa Claus – a semi-magical being that brings presents at Christmastide – and some would argue that such songs ...Read More...
Posted on 12/21/2009 7:00 AM by John M. Joyce
Sunday, 20 December 2009
Christmas Carols VII
Some people seek to make a distinction between Christmas Carols and Christmas songs. I believe that such a distinction is spurious because originally all Christmas Carols were merely songs which celebrated Christmas and were sung by the laity or the choir inside, and outside of, Church services at Christmastide. ...Read More...
Posted on 12/20/2009 7:01 AM by John M. Joyce
Saturday, 19 December 2009
Christmas Carols VI
There are today carols for many of the great Feasts of the Church but by far and away most often we use the word to refer to the songs about Christ’s Incarnation which we sing at Christmas in Church – or privately. The English word ‘Carol’ derives from the Old French verb ‘caroller’ ...Read More...
Posted on 12/19/2009 9:14 AM by John M. Joyce
Friday, 18 December 2009
Christmas Carols V
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
On Christmas Day in 1863AD one of the USA’s great poets, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), composed the following poem entitled ‘Christmas Bells’:
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The ...Read More...
Posted on 12/18/2009 7:58 AM by John M. Joyce
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Christmas Carols IV
I have a particular fondness for many of the very old Christmas Carols which are seldom heard these days – Mary has one here – for they are often very simple once one manages to get to grips with the older form of English in which they are written.
Many of these old Carols are nothing more ...Read More...
Posted on 12/17/2009 8:41 PM by John M. Joyce
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Christmas Carols III
I saw three ships come sailing in
I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas Day in the morning.
And what was in those ships all three,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day?
And what was in those ships all three,
On Christmas ...Read More...
Posted on 12/16/2009 7:32 AM by John M. Joyce
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Christmas Carols � II
The Holly and the Ivy:
This is a very old carol and it seems that it survived the reformation and the fell, evil and dreadful hand of the so-called Lord Protector. The lyrics are as follows, or so they have come down to us:
The holly and the ivy,
When they are both full grown
Of all the ...Read More...
Posted on 12/15/2009 7:12 AM by John M. Joyce
Monday, 14 December 2009
Christmas Carols � I
The Twelve Days of Christmas:
Although, and I love to be a pedant, in the fourth stanza it is not ‘calling birds’ but more correctly ‘collie birds’ – blackbirds that is, a plentiful food source when this roundalay was originally penned, and therefore a most useful gift. ...Read More...
Posted on 12/14/2009 6:33 AM by John M. Joyce
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
How, Exactly, Do You Think That An International Conference Works?
Well, apart from the hookers and the gigolos, it works pretty much as most things organised by governments work: scarcely at all, that is, and with a deep and sleazy feel.
Physically the security here in Copenhagen is very good. There are security gates and frequent checkings of ones pass – especially ...Read More...
Posted on 12/09/2009 6:49 AM by John M. Joyce
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
The Oldest Industry�s Defence Against Copenhagen
The World’s oldest industry sought to defend itself against the Copenhagen climate summit by offering free call-girl services to delegates:
...the city council had postcards sent to 160 hotels urging people coming to town for next week’s UN Climate Change Conference to "be sustainable ...Read More...
Posted on 12/08/2009 4:30 PM by John M. Joyce
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