Monthly Archives: December 2020

Edward Luce’s programmatic approach to Trump’s final days as President. And the fate of the Republican Party. Political Skeptic comments.

Posted on December 9, 2020 by stephenkmacksd

Here are some evocative quotations for Mr. Luce’s latest essay:   The question is whether that kind of paranoiac, which, polls suggest, describes the overwhelming majority of Republican voters, will drift into atomised resentment or be a political wrecking force.  The answer will shape the direction … Continue reading →

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The Economist attacks Alberto Fernández as ‘Argentina’s president without a plan’! Old Socialist compares Fernández with the President ‘with a plan’ Mauricio Macri, from the pages of this Newspaper

Posted on December 8, 2020 by stephenkmacksd

From the early days of The Economist’s Political Romance with Mauricio Macri. From January 2, 2016 Headline: A fast start Sub-headline: Mauricio Macri’s early decisions are bringing benefits and making waves ‘MAURICIO MACRI, who took office as Argentina’s president in … Continue reading →

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The Financial Times and the vexing question of ‘fishing rights’! Old Socialist comments

Posted on December 4, 2020 by stephenkmacksd

While Neo-Liberalism is still in its seemingly endless state of collapse, exacerbated by Covid-19, this newspaper continues to quote the Think Tank dullards, who sold this Utopia as the ‘Radiant Future’, to borrow from Zinoviev!The combat between Johnson & Macron, … Continue reading →

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Two views of Brexit: Richard J. Evans reviews two books in the TLS & Bernard Connolly ‘s introduction to the 2012 edition of ‘The Rotten Heart of Europe’. Old Socialist makes some observations.

Posted on December 4, 2020 by stephenkmacksd

BRITAIN AND EUROPE IN A TROUBLED WORLD  176pp. Yale University Press. £16.99 (US $25).  Vernon Bogdanor  RELUCTANT EUROPEAN  Britain and the European Union from 1945 to Brexit 352pp. Oxford University Press. £25 (US $35).  Stephen Wall  In this long paragraph Mr. Evens … Continue reading →

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Considering two essay by Janan Ganesh. Old Socialist comments

Posted on December 2, 2020 by stephenkmacksd

The reader can look to Mr. Ganesh’s essay of November 27, 2020 for his latest rhetorical strategy: Headline: What the dream hoarders get wrong about parenting Sub-headline: The rich screen their children from the hardships that form genius https://www.ft.com/content/b3b92ba4-f6e7-4fd1-bc61-6a73272e8b49 It’s … Continue reading →

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On the murder of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, as reported @FT

Posted on December 1, 2020 by stephenkmacksd

Headline: Machine guns and a hit squad: the killing of Iran’s nuclear mastermind Assassination set to escalate tensions as US president-elect Joe Biden keen to restart nuclear talks https://www.ft.com/content/a2fade69-f-9fd3-1641ae1fddb13b03-4d0 Note that Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is named as the sinister, in fact … Continue reading →

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