Monthly Archives: July 2017

Two New Pieces…

Posted on July 28, 2017 by bsixsmith

I had a new piece and a newish piece published yesterday. The first was for Areo magazine and was titled “Why Your Friend’s Politics Shouldn’t Make You Mad”… Think twice, then, before lowering your opinion of a friend based on … Continue reading →

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Cemetery

Posted on July 25, 2017 by bsixsmith

We are not truly brave. Not yet. Around the graves, We gather up the leaves And let ourselves believe In good orderly death. Savouring Beckett’s breath We think are the trees, Which quaver in the breeze.

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Recent Writings…

Posted on July 24, 2017 by bsixsmith

Three more pieces for Bombs and Dollars: What Good is Going to University Anyway? Israel, Eastern Europe and an Alliance of Nationalisms Inheritance Tax and the Overton Window

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The Curious World of Owen Jones…

Posted on July 8, 2017 by bsixsmith

*Cross posted from Bombs and Dollars* Owen Jones is one of the most successful writers in Britain yet he does not actually like writing. “I never wanted to be a writer,” he has written, “I don’t particularly enjoy writing, in … Continue reading →

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Recent Writings…

Posted on July 7, 2017 by bsixsmith

I wrote four articles for different websites: “In Praise of Anonymity” for Quillette. “Reading Habits of the Anorexic” for I Am 1 In 4. “Are “Never Trumpers” Still Conservative” and “Defining Conservatism for the 21st Century” for Bombs and Dollars.

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