Monthly Archives: January 2016

One has to read almost the entirety of Dominique Moisi’s essay before one reaches something that resembles political rationalism, instead of respectable bourgeois political hand-wringing. ‘More seriously, if France wants to continue to present itself to the world as the … Continue reading →

Keeping hope alive? According to a report at Reuters Ukrainians in the year 2015 experienced an inflation rate of 44%! Up 24.9 % from 2014! http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-centralbank-inflation-idUSKBN0UC0PR20151229 ‘Ukraine’s central bank governor said on Wednesday that inflation this year had hit 44 … Continue reading →

Here is Gideon Rachman,at The Financial Times, from his column of December 28, 2015, in the grip of an almost unmanageable rhetorical hysteria, the title gives the game away, ‘Battered, bruised and jumpy — the whole world is on edge’ … Continue reading →

One marvels at the number of stunning aperçus in Mr. Ganesh’s essay: ‘Mr Crosby specialises in what his simpering victims call the “politics of fear”. ‘ ‘He cannot make people fear anything they do not already fear, but merely for … Continue reading →