Theodore Dalrymple

2 days ago | takimag.com | Theodore Dalrymple

The American Revolution was the first step in a global upheaval that would do away with a system called monarchy, creating a new world of equality and freedom. On paper this sounds about perfect, n’est-ce pas, as our French friends say, but in actual fact a few years later the Haitians revolted and massacred the ones who didn’t agree with the revolutionaries, appalling democrats the Western world over.

1 week ago | takimag.com | Theodore Dalrymple

The Week’s Most Gender-Quack, Doll-Attack, and Hermione-Goes-Black Headlines60 MINUTES TO MELTDOWNSpeechifying to students at North Carolina’s Wake Forest University on May 19, veteran 60 Minutes host Scott Pelley accidentally misread the place’s name as Woke Forest University and launched into an “unhinged” tirade against President Trump.

1 week ago | newenglishreview.org | Theodore Dalrymple |Esmerelda Weatherwax

By Theodore DalrympleFor the first time in my life, I have been a shopkeeper—admittedly for no more than a few hours, but I found it a curiously intense experience. It was not an ordinary shop, either, but that of Chinese antiquities and furniture, as well as of carefully selected ornaments and knickknacks, chosen with care by the owners. They are friends of mine, and they asked me to look after the shop when they had to go to a funeral.

1 week ago | takimag.com | Theodore Dalrymple

For the first time in my life, I have been a shopkeeper—admittedly for no more than a few hours, but I found it a curiously intense experience. It was not an ordinary shop, either, but that of Chinese antiquities and furniture, as well as of carefully selected ornaments and knickknacks, chosen with care by the owners. They are friends of mine, and they asked me to look after the shop when they had to go to a funeral.

1 week ago | takimag.com | Theodore Dalrymple

Okay, sports fans, here it is, straight from the horse’s mouth: The year was 1957 or 1958 or perhaps even later. Those were the days of starched shirts, good manners, white rather than yellow tennis balls, and wooden rackets. The tournament was in New York City, and I was playing against Yale No. 1 Richard Raskind. He had a big left-handed serve that he used to come up to the net with, and an even bigger left-handed forehand. The match was on a fast cement court that favored his aggressive net play.