Monthly Archives: June 2023

Nathan Pinkoski on Fukuyama v. Fukuyama: he takes his models from a host of would be ‘Political Moralists’, high/low. American Christians are the natural inheritors of Johnathan Edwards.

Queer Atheist (Thank you : @DouthatNYT) MAY 13, 2023 The final paragraph of Nathan Pinkoski essay about Americas most notorious intellectual charlatan, that term is old but descriptive of Fukuyama as Political/Moral Prophet: in sum it doesn’t take much to … Continue reading

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@tomfriedman on Vladimir Putin’s War in Ukraine: its almost a rhetorical Keystone Cops comedy…

Political Cynics’ selective reading. MAY 10, 2023 The opening paragraph: I have not written much about the war in Ukraine lately because so little has changed strategically since the first few months of this conflict, when three overarching facts pretty … Continue reading

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@RColvile in two keys: Immigration and the NHS.

Philosophical Apprentice considers two cases. MAY 7, 2023 Mr. Colvile’s April 29, 2023 essay ‘Britain’s legal migration numbers matter more than small boats’ ignores the the fact that the ‘Refugee Problem’ that he attempts to ‘diagnose’, might find its actual beginning point, with the … Continue reading

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Emmanuel Macron as refracted through @TheEconomist lens

Old Socialist wades into the shit ! May 5, 2023 How quickly the ‘Jupertarian Politics’ of Macron was discarded by Macron, and by The Economist. Now rendered as: Headline: Emmanuel Macron hopes to reinvent himself in 100 days Sub-headline: France’s president would … Continue reading

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@politico under the rubrics of Politics, Policy, Power: Rich Lowry on Trump, again.

Political Observer grows impatient. MAY 3, 2023 The last few Politico commentaries on Trump, by Lowry, read as if it were written by a Trump advocate/apologist/tactician. The latest is no exception: Headline: Opinion | Trump’s Election Denialism Is Already Winning … Continue reading

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Direct from The Versailles Dining Room, of the Hoover Institution, Professional Hysteric @nfergus opines on on AI

Political Observer examines the comic moments… MAY 3, 2023 Let me offers a selection of some of the comic moments from Mr. Ferguson’s 3, 893 word Encyclical – like all Neo-Cons he attempts to drown The Reader in his self-congratulatory … Continue reading

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