Pundit's Maxim
"The secret to survival in journalism is to think of one thing to say and go on saying it". - The Diaries of Auberon Waugh, 8 Feb 1985.
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That is very, very true. Hello Theodore Dalrymple! (currently recycling his views of tattooed youth for the millionth time).
ReplyDeleteI recycle my animosity toward old people and my fascination with news items involving apes or monsters. Which is sad. Though not as sad as Thomas Friedman.
ReplyDeleteHas Teddy D. ever explained why he chose to work in a prison, instead of say the suburbs, or chooses to go on vacation to hellholes like North Korea or Zimbabwe even though he has the means to vacation anywhere he wants? He's a glutton for misery.