Monthly Archives: June 2017

A collection of ‘News Articles’ from The Financial Times : Headline: Cristina Fernández to lead new alliance in Argentina elections Sub-headline: Fiery populist’s comeback threatens to split opposition vote in legislative mid-terms https://www.ft.com/content/3024e494-58ff-11e7-b553-e2df1b0c3220   Headline: Fernández eyes influential role in … Continue reading →

Jonathan Bronitsky begins his review of Bernard-Henri Lévy’s ‘The Genius of Judaism’ with generous assessment of his public career to date: This was almost inevitably the destiny of a person who is brilliant, who inherited a massive fortune, who has … Continue reading →

Headline: Cristina Fernández to lead new alliance in Argentina elections Sub-headline: Fiery populist’s comeback threatens to split opposition vote in legislative mid-terms The sub-headline almost says it all! The panic of the chicken-littles at the Financial Times in the face … Continue reading →

‘ Even if it did not reach the landslide proportions anticipated, Macron’s latest electoral achievement is stunning.’  At 57% Abstentions! call this bourgeois political chatter worthy of The New York Times! With Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon in that legislative … Continue reading →

Sue Halpern offers some very important insights and compelling observations on the character of Julian Assange in her review of  ‘Risk’ , a documentary film directed by Laura Poitras. Yet Ms. Halpern expresses an absolute certainty that Russian hackers ‘interfered’ … Continue reading →

Thank you for your comment. Three decades of being an Economist is quite impressive: The heavy responsibilities of interpreting the Sacred Texts of that ‘Science’ from Smith onward-is this the point where I should pay obeisance to your Authority? Yet the … Continue reading →

Jon Ossoff is not a ‘Centrist Democrat’ but a Corporatist Democrat. Paul Jay and Nina Turner offer a more cogent, not to speak of a realistic, appraisal of the Ossoff defeat: This district has a median income of $83 K … Continue reading →

It was on June 19, 2017 that Anne-Sylvaine Chassany proclaimed the ‘Macon Earthquake’ in the pages of The Financial Times ! https://www.ft.com/content/391d17de-5273-11e7-bfb8-997009366969 Are the resignations of François Bayrou, Marielle de Sarnez and Sylvie Goulard the after-shocks of that ‘Earthquake’ ? … Continue reading →

In declaring the ‘Macon Moment’ Anne-Sylvaine Chassany resorts to election hagiography to the second power: ‘A year ago, France had all the symptoms of a severe allergy to economic reform: social unrest, rising populism, a rebellious parliament, an unpopular president. … Continue reading →

The editors of the Financial Times would have been happier with the ‘Speed and Shock’ of Fillon but will settle for Macron’s Neo-Liberalism Lite. In the pages of this newspaper Macron becomes the answer to all pressing questions, in the … Continue reading →