Monthly Archives: November 2023

Philosophical Apprentice comments. Look at what my brief absence from the Political Scene has wrought, to speak in terms that echo’s, in its way, Mr. Ganesh’s self-regard: One victim of the Covid-19 pandemic had died 500 years earlier. Raphael (1483-1520) … Continue reading →

Political Observer loses her patience with 786 words remaining! The Reader need only look at the third paragraph of this, what to name it? On November 4th The Economist was invited by the idf to accompany troops to the front line. Over … Continue reading →

Political Cynic comments. November 13 , 2023 Headline: David Cameron made foreign secretary in Rishi Sunak reshuffle Sub-headline: Former Tory PM back in government in shock move dubbed ‘desperate’ and ‘laughable’ by opposition https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-foreign-secretary-sunak-reshuffle-b2446285.html?lid=x4fqo785eh7d The Reader needn’t trouble herself with … Continue reading →

Political Observer attempts to ‘read’ Gideon Rachman’s Propaganda? Mr. Rachman begins his ‘essay’ with a Pop Song. Looking at Rachman’s bloated Cast of Characters, is more than a possible explanation, for his attempt to mimic Trollope in miniature ? A quick review … Continue reading →

Philosophical Apprentice offers acts of critical reductionism, as a self-defense. Leaders | The Middle East Why Israel must fight on Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is taking a terrible toll. But unless Hamas’s power is broken, peace will remain out of reach … Continue reading →

Old Socialist contemplates… The New Deal once defined The Democrats, until the political toxin of The Clintons and their epigones: the embrace of the Neo-Liberal Swindle, defined this party’s Neo-Reaganism. Mr. Leonhardt writes for the New York Times, and as … Continue reading →