Plenty of eminent people still think Polanski did nothing wrong. Hollywood’s culture is foul. I was just reading about Phil Spector’s murder of Lana Clarkson, and what an uphill struggle her family h… (View Post)

A more even-handed Franco. (View Post)

Seizing good quality farmland, and killing/driving away the inhabitants, is as old as human history. The only way to guard against it is by having the means to defend it. (View Post)

Mandelson can now be thrown to the wolves, and perhaps a couple of small fry, as well. But, eminent people must not be embarrassed. Sort of like the trial of Gaius Verres. His behaviour was so blatan… (View Post)

@boulay When it is proposed that a man be deprived of his liberty, plainly the highest standard of proof is required, before convicting him. When one is forming a judgement about a man’s character, a… (View Post)