Monthly Archives: March 2017

Mr. Jamil Anderlini’s description of the problem of ‘American Decline‘: ‘Even some US officials privately acknowledge that China has won the battle for the South China Sea without firing a shot. In the annals of American decline, this episode will … Continue reading →

I haven’t read anything in the American Press about the political unrest in Argentina. America’s  political narcissism is primary, and the outliers in South America hold no purchase on the crisis ridden Age of Trump. Yet Macri’s exhumation of  Neo-Liberalism … Continue reading →

Is he Our Cicero or more likely Our Catiline that addresses the vexing question of the Left and its tribalism, in his usual eloquent, coruscating polemic? The Left, as Our Catiline views it, is ‘tribalist’ because it is by definition … Continue reading →

Its very interesting that the ‘reformers’ that are, or have been, featured in The Financial Times,  Gontareva and Argentine President Mauricio Macri were what? Clients of  Mossack Fonseca? Gontareva’s name ‘pops up’ in the Panama Papers, yet the link the Financial … Continue reading →

Who is Jon Ossoff? This might just provide part of an answer: ‘Ossoff attended Georgetown University from 2005 to 2009, earning a bachelor’s degree in the School of Foreign Service. He studied under former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and … Continue reading →

Where has Courtney Weaver been? As reported in Time Magazine of March 22,2017: http://time.com/4709234/neil-gorsuch-confirmation-hearing-supreme-court-decision/ Judge Gorsuch’s decision in Thompson  R2-J School District v. Luke P. has been overturned unanimously by the Supreme Court! Even his fellow reactionaries on the Court … Continue reading →

Even with the hollow hand-wringing of Rich Lowry, the Heritage Foundation Healthcare, in all its iterations of a ‘Free Market’ answer to Single Payer, i.e. Medicare for all, is destined for failure? Mr. Lowry leads with a whimper, which makes … Continue reading →

Mr. Weiss doesn’t so much as build an accusation of the guilt of Putin, based on empirical evidence, because he does not have access to such, but this is just another instance of Putin, and his gangster allies in Russian … Continue reading →

Mr. Luce, how many Neo-Liberal cliches can you freight your political/economic hysterics? All bull markets die,heading for an early grave., The bill is an unloved mess that relies solely on Republican partisan loyalty to pass., What ever the fate of … Continue reading →

With the headline and sub-headline  from the March 19, 2017 Financial Times: Gorsuch to restore conservative tilt to US Supreme Court Democrats weigh whether to seek revenge for blocking of Obama nominee https://www.ft.com/content/6be571e0-0b4a-11e7-97d1-5e720a26771b And the headline and sub-headline from the … Continue reading →