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Douglas Young reviews George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle How swell to at last have a major biography of that most aloof of all rock stars, George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle, by respected...

https://www.samizdata.net/2023/12/marvellously-melodic-but-mercurial-a-review-of-philip-normans-george-harrison-the-reluctant-beatle/

Douglas Young asks “Any Sympathy for the Devil?” A review of the documentary The Stones and Brian Jones (2023) With The Stones and Brian Jones, veteran English documentarian Nick Broomfield...

https://www.samizdata.net/2023/12/any-sympathy-for-the-devil-a-review-of-the-stones-and-brian-jones-2023/

Douglas Young has views on the remarkable toxic upsurge in Jew hatred A lot of folks are shocked and mystified by all the recent open displays of hatred and even violence toward Jews on many el...

https://www.samizdata.net/2023/11/why-the-upsurge-in-jew-hatred-and-support-for-the-hamas-terrorists/

The Triumph of a Libertarian Comic: A Review of Greg Gutfeld’s The King of Late Night by Dr. Douglas Young, U. of North Georgia-Gainesville Political Science Professor Emeritus Political come...

https://www.samizdata.net/2023/09/the-triumph-of-a-libertarian-comic-a-review-of-greg-gutfelds-the-king-of-late-night/

By Dr. Douglas Young, U. of N. GA-Gainesville political science professor emeritus Pity Party Prince Harry and manipulative Miss Meghan Markle may well be the most narcissistic couple on the pl...

https://www.samizdata.net/2023/06/harry-and-meghan-are-the-king-and-queen-of-narcissism/

Comedy is a serious subject: A book review of Kat Timpf’s You can’t joke about that: Why everything is funny, nothing is sacred, and we’re all in this together (2023) By Dr. Douglas Young...

https://www.samizdata.net/2023/05/you-cant-joke-about-that-a-review/

Dr. Douglas Young, U. of North Georgia-Gainesville political science professor emeritus. There’s no shortage of temptations to ignore our First Amendment free expression rights and pervert th...

https://www.samizdata.net/2022/10/the-censorship-temptation/

Dr. Douglas Young, political science professor emeritus at University of North Georgia-Gainesville, has some interesting views about political fanatics: secular edition. There are loads of obse...

https://www.samizdata.net/2022/08/secular-political-fanatics/

Dear fellow friends of Brian, Many of you will have received Tim Evans’ email below with a message from Brian Micklethwait telling us that he has lung cancer. Brian asks that we boost his mor...

https://www.samizdata.net/2021/08/the-life-of-brian-2/

Some interesting analysis by commenter Wintergreen. When I ponder the societal response to COVID, the theme that leaps out at me is the fundamental hubris of modern humanity. Of course I’m sp...

https://www.samizdata.net/2021/08/the-fundamental-hubris-of-modern-humanity/

Simon Gibbs has a suggestion for a way forward We have been under house arrest now for 10 months. I think now is the time to demand a little bit of libertarianism. Some of you might disagree ...

https://www.samizdata.net/2021/02/private-sector-public-health-to-get-shops-open/

On Saturday, the establishment media did something incredibly irresponsible. In the midst of the most contentious election in modern history, instead of acting as neutral observers of the politic...

https://www.samizdata.net/2020/11/no-joe-biden-is-not-president-elect/