OCTOBER DIARY (10 ITEMS): The British Empire—for and Against; Orwell in Burma; Racism Against Derb; ETC. ETC.!!, by John Derbyshire

Derivatives of the word ”colony” have been prominent in this month’s commentary, most notably ”decolonization.” I gave the subject of colonialism a good workover back in my March Diary: the segments headed ”Gilley on colonialism” and ”Reason and authority.” The Gilley in that first segment heading is Bruce Gilley, Professor of Political Science at Portland...