Monthly Archives: October 2015

At The American Prospect: Mr. Paul Waldman on The GOP’s Delusion, a comment by Political Reporter

Paul Waldman demonstrates the bankruptcy of ‘Liberalism’ in his essay at The American Prospect titled ‘The GOP Delusions’ with the sub-title of ‘ Politicians and voters, both pretending their party can do things it can’t.’ by using this attack as … Continue reading

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At The Financial Times: an interview with Daryush Shayegan, a comment by Philosophical Apprentice

Daryush Shayegan is a Cosmopolitan to his marrow,  a polymath and intellectual. Mr. Huntington was one of the last of the WASP Ascendancy, like the Bundy brothers and their journalistic twins the Alsop brothers. Huntington was an operative of the … Continue reading

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At The Financial Times: Martin Wolf on Jeremy Corbyn’s challenge to economic convention, a comment by Political Reporter

From his somewhat equivocating first paragraph, to his economic analysis and his lapse into the  prescriptive, Mr. Wolf’s faint praise of Mr. Corbyn and his economic brain trust is mired in Neo-Liberal myopia. The fact that Corbyn and that brain … Continue reading

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At The Financial Times: Demetri Sevastopulo and Barney Jopson confront the Republican anti-mainstream push, a comment by Political Reporter

The very notion that John Boehner, Scott Walker or Strom Thurmond apologist Trent Lott are representative of Republican Party political rationalism is on it’s face ludicrous. The foreshortened ‘history’ of the recent Republican Party presented by Demetri Sevastopulo and Barney … Continue reading

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At The Financial Times: Rachman,Stephens, Barker and others on Putin, a comment by Political Observer

Mr Rachman’s essay is the culmination of a continuation of Anti-Putin propaganda that was begun with the Philip Stephens essay titled ‘Conflicts will become the new norm’ link here: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/f83cfbc0-31e1-11e5-91ac-a5e17d9b4cff.html#axzz3nE8xdtek A catalogue of the risks facing the thoughtful Capitalist rhetorically … Continue reading

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At The Financial Times: my reply to @Silicon Valley Matt

@Silicon Valley Matt Here is an instructive quote from W. Patrick Lang whose CV appears below the long quote describing inter-agency foreign policy meetings at the White House: ‘-It is increasingly clear that President Obama is disengaged from foreign policy … Continue reading

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