Monthly Archives: June 2011

Political Observer on Christopher Caldwell and BHL: On the Political Necessity of Book Chat

http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/018_02/7708 The dubious Mr. Christopher Caldwell of The Weekly Standard and the august Financial Times has taken aim at Bernard-Henri Levy, Fake French Philosopher; Mr. Caldwell and his confreres at The Weekly Standard are notorious for their promotion and shrill … Continue reading

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Robert Scheer: Geithner and Goldman, Thick as Thieves – Robert Scheer’s Columns – Truthdig

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History News Network | Because the Past is the Present, and the Future too.

The following post appears courtesy of Neal Katyal, Acting Solicitor General of the United States It has been my privilege to have served as Acting Solicitor General for the past year and to have served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General before … Continue reading

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Cockeyed Platonist Addresses The Graduating Classes of 2011 by Political Observer

Ah, the pleasures of the unbidden commencement address! Here is Cockeyed Platonist (CP) delivering his own version in which he recites the virtues of a mindless bourgeois political and moral conformity,always addressed to those wily heteros and their backsliding ways: … Continue reading

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Israel’s PR victory shames news broadcasters | Greg Philo | Comment is free | The Guardian

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