Monthly Archives: January 2021

Here is an excerpt from Mr. Beddiel’s book, as it appears in the TLS: ‘Left outOn the insidious, pervasive, exclusionary nature of ‘progressive’ antisemitism’ Even Anthony Julius, the most trenchant Eliot critic? in his book ‘T. S. Eliot: Anti-semitism and … Continue reading →

Mr. Acherson’s essay in the December 17, 2020 edition: ‘Who Betrayed Us?’ was so helpful in understanding the time, place and the politics of Germany of the period, not a very original comment. Yet reading the 1918 & 1919 entries … Continue reading →

How will Joe Biden’s attempted self-rescue, almost before the fact, from historical/political failure be accomplished? The question is at this point is moot. But Mr. Ganesh offers the compromise position in the ‘Two Biden’s Mythology’, the reader is offered this … Continue reading →

Here is The Financial Times editorial board writing of Alexei Navalny as the favored ‘Russian Dissident’ of decade of the 2020’s But thanks to Mark Ames and Joe Emersberger, on twitter, the reader/viewer has a chance to see this new … Continue reading →

Headline: Alexei Navalny is a real threat to Vladimir Putin Sub-headline: The fragility of the Russian regime is becoming clear The publisher of this report may not be to your liking. Please, no dull-witted Anti-Russian catchphrases … But how can … Continue reading →

Headline: Twitter Bottom Feeder rattles Oxbridger? StephenKMackSD

There can be no doubt who and what Robert Colvile represents, and the Think Tank that he heads, it presents themselves as unapologetic Thatcherites:  The Centre for Policy Studies is Britain’s leading centre-right think tank. Its mission is to develop a new generation … Continue reading →

When I first started reading Andy Divine’s latest essay, a thought popped into my mind: What would the long forgotten Freudian coterie-how could/would they have critiqued The Proud Boys? As a telling object lesson of ” sexual sublimation’ wedded to … Continue reading →

Watching Joe Biden’s Inaugural Address, a collection of cliches, and labored metaphors- perhaps he is sincere, or as sincere as an old pol can be. His appointments of Blinken, Nuland & R2P zealot Power offer, not hope, but demonstrates the utter … Continue reading →

The reader of Mr. Ganesh beguiling collection of aphorisms, that frame his History Made to Measure, has to admire its style, yet its measure of not the ‘world’s authoritarians’, but that of China, the featured player in this paragraph. (There … Continue reading →