Monthly Archives: August 2020

Its ‘as if’ Andy thinks that his political past will never catch up with his latest personae:  1994: Headline: Race, Genes and I.Q. — An Apologia Sub-headline: The case for conservative multiculturalism https://newrepublic.com/article/120887/race-genes-and-iq-new-republics-bell-curve-excerpt A telling review of ‘The Bell Curve’ by Charles … Continue reading →

Pankaj Mishra is one of the most trenchant critics of ‘Western Civilization’ and its apologists/explicators/advocates. As the Neo-Liberal Age and Globalism , the ultimate expressions of that ‘Civilization’, continues its confusing, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, collapse.That Mr. Luce and … Continue reading →

Mr. Luce’s political erasure is about the Republican Party of : The post WWII  politics ,  the New Deal as a ‘Generation of Treason’,  McCarthyism in its iterations.   The mass political migration of the Dixiecrats into the Republican Party, post … Continue reading →

Who else but a Practicing Capitalist, in the Age of the Death of The Neo-Liberal  Swindle, to admonish the reader, and other persons and institutional actors, that Government can’t  fix what is not broken, but only in need of a … Continue reading →

An investigation is opened after the death of a man during his custody in Lille-Sud this Sunday. He was arrested in the night from Saturday to Sunday when he was about to commit a break-in theft, rue Delespaul, in Lille. … Continue reading →

Almost half of Mr. Rachman’s essay was devoted to Polling Numbers, but he, then, admonishes his readers, about the fateful lessons offered by 2016. And quoting Debbie Dingle. He offers his readership this bit of – what to call it? … Continue reading →

Headline:Biden frames 2020 as a fight between light and darkness Sub-headline: The Democratic nominee wants this presidential contest to be about character Crime Bill Joe & the California Attorney General ,who sent the parents of truant children to jail, Kamala … Continue reading →

How did I miss this essay by Mr. Ganesh? The only reason that I became aware of it was a tweet from Daniel Larison. Headline: The lost virtue of doubt Sub-headline: Sceptics such as the late Brent Scowcroft are the … Continue reading →

Headline: Russia says it is ready to provide Belarus with military support Sub-headline: Up to 200,000 people protest in Minsk as Kremlin give its backing and Nato says it is ‘closely monitoring’ situation https://www.ft.com/content/0f860c07-fc3b-4efb-8807-ff13950ce588 How obvious can this repeat of … Continue reading →

Headline:On Being a Biden Conservative Sub-headline: It’s about upholding your principles at the expense of your politics. Mr. Stephens can always be depended upon for proclaiming his political/moral uprightness, that equals the voice of political reason. Like his fellow traveler … Continue reading →