The Misanthrope’s Corner

IT’S a start, but it’s not enough. The apologies tendered by Bill Clinton for the Tuskegee experiments and Tony Blair for the Irish famine only point up the need for volunteer apologists to aid in this great work.

Words cannot express how deeply I regret the Annexation of Schleswig-Holstein. Many say there’s no point in discussing it because only three people have ever understood it-a Heidelberg professor who went mad; Prince Albert, who died at 42; and Lord Palmerston, who forgot what it was that he understood-but it’s actually quite simple.

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Florence King

Florence King was a contributing editor of National Review.

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IT’S a start, but it’s not enough. The apologies tendered by Bill Clinton for the Tuskegee experiments and Tony Blair for the Irish famine only point up the need for volunteer apologists to aid in this great work.

Words cannot express how deeply I regret the Annexation of Schleswig-Holstein. Many say there’s no point in discussing it because only three people have ever understood it-a Heidelberg professor who went mad; Prince Albert, who died at 42; and Lord Palmerston, who forgot what it was that he understood-but it’s actually quite simple.