Nigel Biggar's Blog, page 42

RT by @NigelBiggar: The Dean of Stanford Law School has NOT taken a stand for free speech--she refuses to take disciplinary action against those who disrupted a speech, denying others' rights--and is not facing the underlying problem: the lack of faculty v

The Dean of Stanford Law School has NOT taken a stand for free speech--she refuses to take disciplinary action against those who disrupted a speech, denying others' rights--and is not facing the underlying problem: the lack of faculty viewpoint diversity.
nytimes.com/2023/04/09/us/st…

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RT by @NigelBiggar: Here's Episode THREE of @NewCultureForum's series THE WEST, directed by the great @marcsidwell, featuring commentary by @KonstantinKisin @DanielJHannan @realzoestrimpel @Harry_pitt @Emma_A_Webb @rogerkimball @NigelBiggar @andrewklavan a

Here's Episode THREE of @NewCultureForum's series THE WEST, directed by the great @marcsidwell, featuring commentary by @KonstantinKisin @DanielJHannan @realzoestrimpel @Harry_pitt @Emma_A_Webb @rogerkimball @NigelBiggar @andrewklavan and yours truly.
piped.video/watch?v=9T2sPOg_…

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RT by @NigelBiggar: Every now and then, an excellent article appears which reinvigorates and renews the energy to fight. The hat is tipped to @NigelBiggar and @c2cjournal. https://c2cjournal.ca/2023/04/reckoni...

Every now and then, an excellent article appears which reinvigorates and renews the energy to fight. The hat is tipped to @NigelBiggar and @c2cjournal. c2cjournal.ca/2023/04/reckon…

I used to live only a few miles away. It’s a beautiful part of the country. And John Balliol is the man who gave his name to Balliol College, Oxford.

I used to live only a few miles away. It’s a beautiful part of the country. And John Balliol is the man who gave his name to Balliol College, Oxford.

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RT by @NigelBiggar: The capture of the SNP by a small group of fanatics is the latest example of an extremist tail wagging a mainstream dog, writes ⁦@TrevorPTweets⁩https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/15...

The capture of the SNP by a small group of fanatics is the latest example of an extremist tail wagging a mainstream dog, writes ⁦@TrevorPTweets⁩
thetimes.co.uk/article/150a8…

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RT by @NigelBiggar: I suggest you read @NigelBiggar s new book Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning https://amzn.eu/d/5oE6qO3

I suggest you read @NigelBiggar s new book

Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning amzn.eu/d/5oE6qO3

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RT by @NigelBiggar: "Political violence against those I disagree with is acceptable." Strongly or somewhat agree:Republicans 14%Democrats 22%Which party is the party of political violence?https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/f...

"Political violence against those I disagree with is acceptable." Strongly or somewhat agree:

Republicans 14%
Democrats 22%

Which party is the party of political violence?

ipsos.com/sites/default/file…

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RT by @NigelBiggar: A salutary lesson in why we cannot let the accusation of racism trump all established norms of proof/evidence: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04...

A salutary lesson in why we cannot let the accusation of racism trump all established norms of proof/evidence: spiked-online.com/2023/04/03…

RT by @NigelBiggar: Macron lectures about strategic autonomy while pandering to China, and warns against getting "caught up in crises that are not ours". Imagine where France would be now if Britain and America had taken that attitude in the last century.

Macron lectures about strategic autonomy while pandering to China, and warns against getting "caught up in crises that are not ours". Imagine where France would be now if Britain and America had taken that attitude in the last century. politico.eu/article/emmanuel…

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RT by @NigelBiggar: Beginning to look like Leo’s strategy of framing the next Southern Irish election as essentially between Fine Gael and Sinn Fein is going to need a little refinement.

Beginning to look like Leo’s strategy of framing the next Southern Irish election as essentially between Fine Gael and Sinn Fein is going to need a little refinement.