This past weekend marked the culmination of a curious week in London. Called the Big Dance, it sought to get people dancing en masse in the streets for the purpose of 'promoting dance as a social and physical activity.' Call me a killjoy, but I find this idea weak—minded. It strikes me as exceedingly silly that we should hop about like an army of monkeys in the streets of this venerable city. It is rather telling that the event was organized by two ultra—liberal outfits — the Mayor of London and the Arts Council of England. The Big Dance happens to be precisely the sort of idea that liberals and assorted leftists find infinitely profound and appealing. The more perceptive may have noticed that there can be nothing silly or inane enough which these people would not embrace with awe and enthusiasm. Said London Mayor Ken Livingstone: 'As a city where 300 languages are spoken, London is the world in one city. Every culture dances and the great thing is you don't have to...(Read Full Post)