Monthly Archives: June 2015

I have as much interest/concern in the Free Market as I do in Social Contract Theory! As an object of study both of these concepts/constructs have historical/philosophical interest. Both of these are, in my mind, situated in the realm of  … Continue reading →

This was just posted to my twitter feed.It is June 29,2015,almost 2:30 PM PDT, this essay dated the 27th. What could have possibly changed in the interim? This essay replete with the usual fear mongering and melodramatic breathlessness, Economist staples … Continue reading →

With Ms. Nuland, and her foreign policy confederates Samantha Power and Susan Rice, we are destined for war with Russia. Or at the least an exacerbation of The New Cold War, with it’s proving ground in Ukraine. Forget the cost … Continue reading →

Ms. Tett knows both how to please her employers, and to appeal to the political paranoia of those virtuous managers of Capital, cowering under their desks, at the  argued approach of a rapacious Left Wing Hoard. Some fifty floors below … Continue reading →

‘… Sir Chris campaigned for a change in the law on doctor-assisted dying, but not without identifying another brand of elbow-patched lefty he did not like:…’ Those ‘leftys’ haunt the lives and plans of all good Conservatives, from the time … Continue reading →

Has The Financial Times  found the hero of it’s Capitalist Morality Play in Mr Theodorakis? His qualifications for the position of The Neo-Liberal Knight of Faith: ‘Mr Theodorakis, a charismatic former television journalist, created To Potami — The River — … Continue reading →

‘ The company was originally funded from In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s not-for-profit venture capital arm, and was used by government agencies.’ ‘The group was founded in 2004 by Mr Thiel; its chief executive Alex Karp; Joe Lonsdale, now at Formation 8, … Continue reading →

Has the EU come to it’s final crisis point? Mr. Rachman’s exercise in political melodrama makes the argument that it is a real possibility, no matter the actions of it’s partners. Such political fatalism is tantamount to nihilism. Coming from … Continue reading →

Mr. Luce’s column reminds me of the essays that George F. Will writes in Republican primary season: he gives his seal of approval to each candidate, in turn. With a quick precis of the positions of each candidate that meet … Continue reading →

“Larry Summers takes the view that both sides need to offer each other “political concessions” to reach a deal to avert the worst. Thus, he says the Greeks should concede on these pension, VAT, and wage issues to give Mrs … Continue reading →