Monthly Archives: October 2015

As the Republicans continue their self-destructive trajectory, Mr. Frum proves his talent for producing political bile, in place of something resembling incisive commentary, on The Republican horse race. The line up of these tired old faces is a stand in … Continue reading →

At what point do the Neo-Liberals come clean about the Neo-Liberal/Austerity/Economic Doldrums theology as a demonstrable failure? Asking for honesty from a grifter is probably like believing in the a fore mentioned theology. Mr. Ganesh is a political fabulist who … Continue reading →

Call this essay a collection of political cliches of the present political orthodoxy, stunning the reader with the ability of a Think Tank pundit to confect a history of the Present Declinism. Not to be confused with that stolid German … Continue reading →

A reader has to wonder at Rep.Paul Ryan’s status at The Financial Times  as the least objectionable of the Jacobins. His ‘Budget Proposals’ are now consigned to the richly deserved obscurity of bad propaganda. The Rule of The Forty leaves … Continue reading →

@Cuibono Thank you for your insightful comment! Your name explains much: ‘cui bono: a principle that probable responsibility for an act or event lies with one having something to gain’ . I don’t think Cynic is the most applicable descriptor … Continue reading →

Mr. Luce can’t let go of his credentials as a thoroughgoing establishmentarian. His look at the Democratic contest and his obvious choice of front runner Hillary makes that clear, she presents herself as Presidential. Which means that she and her … Continue reading →

One reads, in awe, of Mr. Ignatieff’s praise of the return to democratic values, of adversaries rather than enemies, to the political process of Canadian state. Good luck to Mr. Trudeau in his endeavor to restore a necessary civility. Yet … Continue reading →

Mr. Ganesh demonstrates that the enemy of the political winner is the inability to conceive the possibility that the opposition can win. Call it the myopia of the winner. Given the rise of Corbyn, or someone like him, Mr. Cameron … Continue reading →

On top of the manufactured political melodrama of the President’s courage in his act of re-evaluation/self-repudiation of his past commitments, we are then subjected to Mr. Luce’s long and unconvincing apologia for the un-lamented ‘diplomatic’ career of Mr. Holbrooke. Mr. … Continue reading →

I’m writing my comment on October 18, 2015, and why that is germane is that The Intercept has published a series of related essay called The Drone Papers: https://theintercept.com/drone-papers This is a collection of ten essays that map the abject … Continue reading →