Monthly Archives: November 2016

Edward Luce Melodrama: ‘American democracy’s gravest trial’, Publius comments

The Luce political hysterics almost gives way to a near recognition of the danger of Mrs. Clinton, yet it remains in the realm of conjecture. The fact that Bush II Neo-Cons recognize the Trump Danger is almost comic, in its … Continue reading

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Dramaturge Janan Ganesh authors a Carney Political Melodrama. American Writer comments

Is there a more accomplished writer/propagandist in the English speaking world than Mr. Ganesh? ( Is there a novel or a screenplay, on his desk that he works on in his spare time?)  When Mr. Ganesh mutes his usual bile … Continue reading

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At The New York Review of Books: David Bromwich on the 2016 election. American Writer comments

Here is the concluding paragraph of Mr. Bromwich’s wan, almost apology, for Mrs. Clinton, he seems torn. Trump is such an easy target, he is always the Ringmaster of television fame. But Bromwich is a writer of the school of … Continue reading

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Martin Wolf defends Capitalism in the pages of The Financial Times, Political Observer comments

A reader must approach with caution Mr. Wolf’s review of Wolfgang Streeck’s book ‘How Capitalism Will End’. The opening paragraph is demonstrative of Mr. Wolf’s defensive posture. The first sentence has the ring of the King James Bible about it, … Continue reading

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Alexander Stubb on ‘Liberal Internationalist Faith’, Old Socialist comments

The Financial Times is fortunate to have Mr. Stubb, or Mr.  90%, as one of its stable of writers/propagandists. Whose made to measure definition Liberalism is puzzlingly simplistic, or just politically self-serving? ‘… who believe in a combination of democracy, … Continue reading

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Michael Tomasky on Mrs. Clinton’s 4 Enemies & 5 Reasons Not To Panic, Political Observer comments

‘A man who just got the official endorsement of the Ku Klux Klan is close to becoming president of the United States.’ She’s running against the Kremlin—… She’s running against Julian Assange… And she’s running against a rogue FBI director … Continue reading

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My reply to Sam & Confucius @FT

  @Confucius @Sam Not to see the parallels between The Manchurian Candidate as a product of American Cold War paranoia, and the political present, if only to realize that an integral part that Old Cold War paranoia is being replayed, although … Continue reading

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