But still sticking to the business of how rather than what Hitchens thinks, the peculiar tone of self-righteousness, combined with a parochial point of view, even when the causes concern faraway, even exotic countries, is distinctive.
Although the American foreign policy and military elites, with a vested interest in the far forward U.S. East Asian "defense" perimeter, speak of strategic shipping lanes and potential natural resources, such as oil and gas, the closure of those shipping lanes or prevention of development of those resources because of a local conflict should hardly concern the faraway United States.
Meanwhile Mr Brown imperilled by Labour plots—has appeared preoccupied with his latest "relaunch", and wary of seeming distracted from domestic concerns by faraway crises.
The run is one of the odder examples of how China's thirst for high-quality products can upend faraway consumer markets, particularly amid concerns about the quality of its food supply.
The government's control over a largely acquiescent news media (there are a couple of honourable exceptions) would be envied by the president of the United States, if he happened to concern himself with such faraway matters.
I'll admit that at times I've responded to news of random indie-bookstore shutterings as I do to news of catastrophes in faraway lands: with a pang of concern that soon settles into a vague sense of unease about the world and the problem of human existence.
By Macy Halford September 9, 2011 I'll admit that at times I've responded to news of random indie-bookstore shutterings as I do to news of catastrophes in faraway lands: with a pang of concern that soon settles into a vague sense of unease about the world and the problem of human existence.
Is London the catamite of the global world?Scots see London as a faraway city that no longer understands their concerns.
While many demonstrators expressed concerns about big issues involving faraway countries, a number of people were worried about how free trade on such a vast scale would change the way they live here in North America.
BSG, as it's known to the faithful, concerned a group of humans from a faraway colony who, having been attacked by a cybernetic race known as the Cylons, take to their spaceships in search of a fabled mother planet called Earth.
