Monthly Archives: September 2023

Political Observer comments. Headline: A look at the legacy of Dianne Feinstein Sub-headline: Before her long stint in the Senate, she led San Francisco through a healing period after horrific political violence. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/29/dianne-feinstein-senator-mayor-00006007 Some excerpts from The Politico obituary: … … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments. Headline: Whether it’s 2030 or 2035, if we don’t have enough electricity we’ll never get to net zero … As recent events have made abundantly clear, our modern economy runs on energy. The net zero agenda involves … Continue reading →

Philosophical Apprentice & Political Cynic collaborate! Headline: Mitt Romney, Rory Stewart and the tragedy of politics Sub-headline: In public life, unlike in business, there is no reward for being right https://www.ft.com/content/511ea709-a921-4ec2-9a36-34fa1b0216e9 Did Janan Ganesh read David Brooks’ essay in praise … Continue reading →

The Reader doesn’t have to wonder at the title of Niall Fergusons’ latest 1,884 word essay in The Dailymail: Secret obsessions that drive the new Napoleon, by his friend and confidant: NIALL FERGUSON’s VERY revealing insight into the dark forces … Continue reading →

Political Observer surveys the dust pile. Headline: Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet Joe Biden in Washington in quest for more aid Sub-headline: Ukraine leader also set for talks at Pentagon and Capitol Hill as Congress considers $24bn support package for Kyiv … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments. I won’t waste The Readers time, here are the final two paragraphs of this Financial Times ‘interview/apologetic’ for Blair. Not to forget that Mrs. Thatcher called Blair her greatest accomplishment. A question arises as too whether Blair, was the … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments. The first three paragraphs of Mr. Ganesh’s political analysis offers? There is no such thing as a popular US president. Each one enters office with the suspicion or ill will of almost half the electorate now. Once … Continue reading →

Old Leftist comments. Replying @TheEconomist Macron’s ‘Jupertarian Politics’ capstone was the Anti-Democratic passage of the raising of the Retirement Age, codified by : French court approves the Macron retirement-age hike despite protests https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/france-retirement-age-pension-reform-constitutional/ A top French court on Friday approved … Continue reading →

Old Socialist attempts to to untie the knot? Headline: The UK is becoming a pragmatic country again. Sub-heading: Britain has turned against radical politics faster than other rich nations because it has lost more from it. https://www.ft.com/content/f8293796-aea7-4157-878e-fc535a6f4a22 Note Mr. Ganesh’s … Continue reading →

Political Observer offers a review of J. G. A. Pocock’s Barbarism and Religion, Volume 1 and 2. The Historians, as the pretenders to the status of Oracles, never disappoint in their quotations from each other. John Rapley ends his New … Continue reading →