It is impossible to agree with everything in the periodical (despite Andrew Anthony's idea that it sets out the boundaries of what left-wing intellectuals are permitted to think), and it is the encouragement of sophisticated writing, reading and indeed thinking, which marks the periodical out.
They delight in hearing those obnoxious things that others are only permitted to think.
"When something is literally unspeakable in a family, you don't even feel permitted to think about it.
Business could barely contain its rejoicing, the polls soared, the country was permitted to think beyond the cartoonish black and white propositions of the Abbott era.
Trump, he writes, is one of those "supremely accomplished blowhards" who "offend some but also arouse intense loyalty in others" by saying "obnoxious things that others are only permitted to think".
Hook is the son of an English rock star of the early 1960's — we are permitted to think of Ray Davies — and his wife, one of those creatures (Marianne Faithfull?) who drifted dreamily around and had a successful record or two.
However, the critics of JM do not take sufficient account of the extraordinary range of autism-related manifestations when they presume, based on rather limited knowledge of JM's condition and circumstances, to tell him the source of his problems and what he is permitted to think or say about his own needs and desires.
Rather, it is that the Times editorial board permits editors to think -- however fleetingly -- that they can change the text and tone of a citizen's opinion to fit their own preconceived political notions.
Science fiction often serves as a modesty curtain that permits authors to think big thoughts at a safe remove — special effects and laser make-believe palliate abstract musings and pompous parables that might otherwise bore or offend viewers.
The prefrontal cortex is the seat of executive functioning, and its development permits us to think rationally, plan ahead, and consider the consequences of our actions -- that is, to develop self-control.
