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The Telegraph - The babe in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger

The only time we ever usually speak of swaddling clothes is when referring to the infancy of Jesus, as briefly recounted by St Luke. The angel says to the shepherds: “Unto you is born this day in the city of David a [...]

Categories: History

First:

Telegraph - War on two fronts in Afghanistan. By Con Coughlin

The entire Nato effort in Afghanistan, moreover, has been predicated on the assumption that the key to success lies in suppressing the Taliban resurgence in the south, and persuading the Pakistanis to take effective action to dismantle the Taliban’s training infrastructure in its [...]

Categories: War and Peace

I was reflecting, the other day, that for the two Christian holidays that everyone else has to deal with: Christmas and Easter, we’ve gone out of our way to make fluffy, cuddly, consumerist, unobjectionably secular alternate versions wrapped up for people, and yet we still get no end of grief. I mean, why can’t [...]

Categories: People and Current Events

Sure, 10 minutes to 5 am may seem a bit early to be deciding what is today’s funniest item, but hey, it’s funny:

The Daily Telegraph - I was a happy little Vegemite. By Tim Blair

I won’t bother trying to condense it into a quote. Just read the whole thing.

Categories: Food

For some reason, every once in a while I roll over a link, see it’s from an American paper, and think, “Maybe it’ll be okay this time.”

WaPo - Six Resentenced to Death in Libyan AIDS Case; West Condemns Verdict Against Foreign Health Workers

The case has become a test for Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, [...]

Categories: Geography and Foreign Affairs

This is my childhood.

Categories: Entertainment

The other day Hugh Hewitt spent a few segments talking to a 44-year-old ex-republican campaign manager-turned-seminarian, then went to a couple segments talking to Gerry (about Somalia). He was unaware, I’m sure, that Gerry’s a devout Catholic (with five girls!), but I knew, and it amused me to have my own little Catholic Hour.

The [...]

Categories: People and Current Events

Times Online - Giant squid captured live on camera for first time

A giant squid attacking a bait squid is being pulled up by a research team off the Ogasawara Islands, south of Tokyo (Tsunemi Kubodera/AP)

This is so cool.

He said the invertebrate, a female, was not fully grown and was relatively small, by giant [...]

Categories: Science and Nature

Times Weblog: William Rees-Mogg - Is Canada or Denmark the ideal country?

The other evening I was giving an after dinner talk to an investment club. I was asked which country I would advise a young British student to choose if he, or she, had decided to emigrate. I had to answer [...]

Categories: Geography and Foreign Affairs

Wheat & Weeds - Balanced Education

Categories: War and Peace

ABC (US) - London Braces for Attack; ‘Miracle’ If There Isn’t One

British intelligence and law enforcement officials have passed on a grim assessment to their U.S. counterparts, “It will be a miracle if there isn’t a terror attack over the holidays in London,” a senior American law enforcement official tells ABCNews.com.

Well, I’m planning [...]

Categories: War and Peace

Times Online - Blow for Ahmadinejad as voters reject his allies

Iranian voters have dealt a humiliating blow to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, their hardline president, by spurning his supporters in elections for local councils and a clerical assembly, final results confirmed today. The twin rebuffs are viewed as a clarion call for [...]

Categories: Politics

The Times - British soldier ‘gave Army secrets to Iran’

A British soldier has been charged with passing secret information linked to the military campaign in Afghanistan to Iran, The Times has learnt. Corporal Daniel James, 44, appeared at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London yesterday, charged under Section 1 of the Official [...]

Categories: War and Peace

Tim Blair - DIVERGENCE SHOWN

The Guardian reports: A damning study from Cambridge University today exposes Guardian readers as being worse than readers of the tabloids or the Telegraph when it comes to insulating their homes … The study by [...]

Categories: Business & Media

I’m choosing to look on the bright side.

Categories: Politics