Going for an English 13 Jan 2012 | 06:03 pm

Pickled Politics is coming to an end 9 Jan 2012 | 12:35 am

I think I’m merely stating what has become obvious now. For the last few months, I’ve been working on my new project – Rippla – and my blogging energy went into writing for Liberal Conspiracy or edit...

Happy New Year 2 Jan 2012 | 12:28 am

Pickled Politics wishes all its readers a happy New Year. Good luck for 2012.

Merry Christmas 25 Dec 2011 | 09:00 pm

Pickled Politics would like to wish our readers a very Merry Christmas. I think we’d all agree that 2011 turned out to be not only surprisingly eventful but also very unpredictable. A great deal has ...

Christopher Hitchens death is no reason to avoid criticism of him 17 Dec 2011 | 12:03 pm

The death of any prominent individual – let alone one who held controversial views – always results in a certain amount of aggravation as the skeins of supporters flock to various forms of media to ha...

Sunday Times investigation unmasks EDL’s wealthy strategists 14 Dec 2011 | 09:00 pm

The Sunday Times have formally investigated the English Defence League’s backers and have confirmed that two key individuals in particular are involved. You can read the full article here. A few extra...

‘Moral relativism’ – what Orwell actually said 5 Dec 2011 | 11:38 pm

This paragraph from Glenn Greenwald caught my eye: One other point: whenever you dare to suggest a comparison between the United States of America and whatever country happens to be the New Hitlers o...

EDL leader agrees with Anders Breivik, but psychiatrists declare Breivik insane 30 Nov 2011 | 09:00 pm

The mass-murdering Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik has been declared insane. In a 243-page psychiatric report following 13 meetings between Breivik and a team of psychiatrists, Breivik has been dia...

What would you do if confronted by this 29 Nov 2011 | 04:17 am

“When did lefties becomes so unreasonable [about Obama]?” 22 Nov 2011 | 10:28 pm

There’s a brilliant article in NY Mag this week on President Obama, titled ‘When Did Liberals Become So Unreasonable?‘. I read it and agreed with most of it, with caveats (about civil liberties and th...