Thanks

You'll have noticed that this blog has hardly been updated for the past few weeks. That's because I am about to start as Editor of the Jewish Chronicle, and I have been winding other things down and preparing to take over.

I've had this blog for eighteen months, and it's been - for me, at least - wonderful. I could not have wished for a better host than the team at the Spectator, who never once interfered with anything other than positive suggestions. James Forsyth and Pete Hoskin are stars, both.

I first started blogging in May 2002, before I had heard of the word. I simply put all my newspaper pieces up on a site, and started to add little posts. Soon it became a habit.

And I have loved every minute of it since. (Well, almost.) And although this blog will be stopping, that won't be...

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Hidden meanings

Barack Obama's secret service code name is renegade.

This is the Merriam Webster definition of a renegade:

1 : a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another
2 : an individual who rejects lawful or conventional behavior

 

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Sarah Vaughan-Palin

This is inspired.

(via Jessica Duchen)

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The Messiah is amongst us

Daniel Finkelstein asks:

What is your single biggest hope for Barack Obama?

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Ralph Nader - racist

I've always thought Ralph Nader was a nasty piece of work. Credit to Fox News' Shep Smith for holding him to account for this:

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