THE PHOTOGRAPHER Amy Weston described this scene in The Guardian:

I was told there were fires in the Church Street area, near Surrey Street Market.

By the time I drove towards it, I could already see the fires from my windscreen. (more…)

ALEX writes from England:

The disproportionate number of criminals in the ‘black communities’ is something that the gutless and dishonest British media never discusses or even admits in principle. But if there are degrees of dishonesty about the menace of hostile blacks, the Daily Mail is the most dishonest newspaper in Britain. It suppresses the truth and suggests falsehoods about race relations – especially in London – on a routine basis. (more…)

MANY remarkable photos and videos of the aftermath of the riots in London can be found here. Residents of Tottenham began lighting cars on fire, tossing Molotov cocktails and looting stores after a policeman killed a black man who shot at them. This is the hero (below) for whom the black rioters were seeking justice. He is described simply by the New York Times as a “father of four.”

Police were seen running away from the rioters. The Daily Mail describes the aftermath:

One police officer, asked by an elderly resident why more had not been done to stop the rioters, replied: ‘The way we look at it, we’re damned if we do, we’re damned if don’t.’ (more…)

  I HAVE BEEN away for two days and without Internet access. I will be posting comments that I received during that time shortly.  

  JEFF W. writes: Your recent discussion on day care brought this quote to mind: Pair marriage is monopolistic. It produces an exclusive family, and nourishes family pride and ambition...Pair marriage is also individualistic. It is the barrier against which all socialism breaks into dust. As the cost of a family increases, the connection between family and capital becomes more close and vital. Every socialist who can think is forced to go on to a war on marriage and the family, because he finds that in marriage and the family lie the strongholds of the 'individualistic vices' which he cannot overcome. He has to mask this battery, however, because he dare not openly put it forward. From Folkways by William Graham Sumner (1906).

IS A WHITE PERSON who rejects multiculturalism and wants to preserve the culture of his ancestors a “white nationalist?” The label has an unsavory connotation. Writing at The American Thinker, Jared Taylor, editor of American Renaissance, explains why it’s hard to find the right word. He writes:

Whites who do not accept the current — and, I might add, very recent — orthodoxy on race have been called many things, but the reason there is no agreed-upon name for them is that they are expressing views that were so taken for granted by earlier generations of Americans that there was no need for a name. (more…)

HURRICANE BETSY writes:

Your recent commentary on feminine practical clothing got me going. I think that I recall you saying that you didn’t have enough aprons. I found this, and it seems that it would really do the job. (more…)

DIANA writes:

I do not think Amy Winehouse’s death is any kind of watershed. The monstrous machine will go on and on, until the entire economic system crashes. The possible rewards of show business look so glittering that there will always be legions of young dummies willing to sacrifice their youth for them. (more…)

IN FEBRUARY, a feminist blogger reviewed the PBS documentary Southern Belle. She was shaken to the core: (more…)

THE GARDEN
by Andrew Marvell

How vainly men themselves amaze
To win the palm, the oak, or bays;
And their uncessant labors see
Crowned from some single herb or tree,
Whose short and narrow-vergèd shade
Does prudently their toils upbraid;
While all the flowers and trees do close
To weave the garlands of repose.

Fair Quiet, have I found thee here,
And Innocence, thy sister dear!
Mistaken long, I sought you then
In busy companies of men:
Your sacred plants, if here below,
Only among the plants will grow;
Society is all but rude,
To this delicious solitude. (more…)