I stand by this Quora answer on Marx.

But there is something a little bit unnerving about Quora telling me they just sent it to 100,000+ people.

RIP Tony Benn

Gary Younge, as usual, has a great write up.

Not that I usually read the Telegraph or anything but I found a link to this piece bigging up the right-wing Conservative "revolution" in the US.

And as a Gallup poll showed, America is unquestionably a conservative country ideologically, but one that is ironically led by the most left-wing president in the nation’s history.

WTF? Does anybody believe that Obama is "the most left-wing president" in US history?

It's a bit old, but I'm quite impressed by this article by Johann Harri about the pro-war left.

(See also : Eustonism)