Monthly Archives: February 2024

Old Socialist comments. Mr. Stephens first paragraph is instructive as to his self-serving ‘analysis’ of a snapshot of the bad actors in his melodrama. I will highlight these in bold font. When historians look back on the early days of 2024, they … Continue reading →

Old Leftist comments. Mr. Lloyd proves that he riffs on certain themes of both Tories, and the Blairite political infatuation, with Mrs. Thatcher’s Hayekian toxic political/economic kitsch. On Sidney and Beatrice Webb: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sidney-and-Beatrice-Webb The Webb’s would, in fact find, this … Continue reading →

Political Cynic comments upon ‘The Sky Is Falling Political Melodrama’ . Carol Tavris reviews two books for The Times Literary Supplement of February 9, 2024. I’ll focus on one of her enthusiasm: ‘The Canceling of The American Mind: How cancel culture undermines … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader comments. Mr. Stephens in his latest contribution to @NYT . Under the pretentious rubric: Mr. Stephens is a bellicose Neo-Con, without any kind of military experience. Yet he places his faith, based upon a complete ignorance of what war might … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader advises caution! Headline: Germany’s moderate middle is back in a volatile political age Sub-headline: While ordinary citizens march against the far right, Sahra Wagenknecht promises realignment on the left https://www.ft.com/content/a45e4a8d-9d0c-4cd0-958a-f844d87961b1 Constanze Stelzenmüller writes with the authority of a … Continue reading →

Political Cynic scoffs! Is it predictable that three New York Times Public Intellectual’s Friedman/Brooks/Stephens should all be parties to the Gaza Genocide, and the Famine that is unfolding now? The first paragraphs of Stephens’ would be ‘bill of attainder’. United Nations … Continue reading →