Charlescrawford

LATEST ARTICLES ( 189 )

• Obama, Putin, Syria

  Here is a really good WSJ piece on the foreign policy issues surrounding Syria. Really good for its grasp of the wider Big Picture, and despite the fact that I... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 9/11: Lileks

  This astounding and inspiring piece by James Lileks from 2003 gives a view of the 9/11 attacks that always bears repeating as the anniversary comes round... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama and Syria (and Shrek)

  How was President Obama's latest Syria speech for you? Here it is. Points to note. He attempts to make the case that by failing to act against the use of CW in... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Cycling and Risk

  My piece here on how far if at all one should feel sympathetic towards a motorist who gets distracted and causes the death of a cyclist has prompted several... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Syria: A Diplomacy Disaster Day

  My piece at Telegraph Blogs boldly asserts that yesterday was the worst-ever day for Western diplomacy: Think about what will happen if the Russian initiative... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Syria: What is (not) to Be Done?

  A well turned piece from John O'Sullivan at National Review on Syria: As the debate on Syria ricochets along, I am struck by a contrast between the internal... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Causing Death by Careless Driving

  A sad case. Victoria McClure was sentended to 18 months' imprisonment for causing death by dangerous driving. She had been adjusting her satnav gizmo and lost... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Kosovo v Serbia

  Here is a major piece I have written for Aeon on the way states emerge or de-emerge, and the specific case of Kosovo/Serbia. Thus: Miloševi? Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Spam Rubbish

  Readers here are too senior and subtle to spend too much time commenting on what appears. I also spare you the ravings of what seem to be new generations of Spa... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democracy and Syria

  My Commentator piece about the notable developments last night in Parliament, noting three reasons why all is not (yet) lost: First and foremost, we risked... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Martin Luther King's Dream Speech: Happy Birthday?

  Here's my piece at PunditWire in honour of THAT speech. I thought I'd not say much about the speech as it speaks for itself, but instead look at the legal... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• That Filner Resignation Speech

  Non-US readers may have missed the resignation speech by the energetically groping Mayor of San Diego, Bob Filner (Democrat). It's not often that a speech by... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bradley Manning and Crazy Horse 18

  Following my BBC Newsnight appearance last night re the prison sentence given to Bradley Manning, Riaz Ahmed has been in touch to make a strong point: Do you... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Inequality: Logic, Maths and Morality

  An elegant piece by James Taranto over at WSJ looking at arguments that libertarian-minded solutions to the supposed problem of 'soaring inequality' may do... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Tito: Pole, Russian Or Lesbian?

  An interesting old CIA analysis of Tito's strangled Yugoslav grammar and pronuciation concluded that he probably was a Polish or Russian imposter. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Oxbridge Hegemony: Slightly More Goats

  Down with Oxbridge hegemony: He said: “We are going to have a super Ivy League of Imperial, UCL, LSE, and then Oxbridge won’t be so apart, which mus... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Egypt: What's Really Happening?

  Two more superb American articles about Egypt. One by Adam Garfinkle looms at the very big picture and has some mightily wise words to say on the logic of... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Martin Luther King's 1963 Dream Speech

  Here I am over at the Sunday Post in Scotland talking about the legendary Martin Luther King speech in August 1963: What elements make a great speech? Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Parallel Universe of Penny Reddish Feminism

  Two Tweets, one after the other: New Statesman ‏@NewStatesman 2m Of course all men don’t hate women. But all men must know they benefit from sexism,... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Charles Crawford: Guardian MasterClasses

  You'll all be pleased to know that at long last you can sign up to one of my lively and memorable Negotiation Skills masterclasses, thanks to the good offices o... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY