Tag Archives: Joseph Epstein

distrusting the utopian prophets

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Dave

Its an odd way to define oneself: a tory anarchist. Maybe for max Beerbohm it was a reaction to the times; a refuge in this tidal wave of elitist white racist socialism that was so popularized by the likes of … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word | Tagged Beatrice Webb, Charles Dickens, David Cecil, George Bernard Shaw, George Orwell, H.G. Wells, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Epstein, Kipling, Max Beerbohm, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, Thorstein Veblen | Leave a comment

RITUAL & POMP WITH THE SUN KING:WHO WILL REMOVE THE ROYAL DUNG?

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Dave

We know a vast amount of what went on in Versailles at the court of the Louis XIV, especially between the years 1691 and 1723, when the French monarchy, having reached the apogee of its power, was descending and slowly … Continue reading →