Monthly Archives: March 2024

Newspaper Reader & Political Cynic It takes The Reader five paragraphs before she reaches the beginning of Caldwell’s long soliloquy to Todd. American leadership is failing: That is the argument of an eccentric new book that since January has stood … Continue reading →

Political Realist lances the pustule. Mr. Brooks seems to think/believe that his readership is gullible and or clueless? … In a magnificent 1949 essay on Churchill, Isaiah Berlin noticed that Churchill idealized his fellow Brits with such intensity that he lifted “a large … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader comments. Headline: Germany, France and how not to do deterrence Sub-headline: The EU’s two leading powers are causing confusion and anger among allies as Ukraine’s future hangs by a thread https://www.ft.com/content/54b1d958-e111-4f8a-9983-f9f79d997ec6 The Reader confronts JD Vance ‘often vitriolic Trumpist’ whose ‘criticism … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader offer a excerpts from Anthony Julius ‘T. S. Eliot , Anti-Semitism and literary form’ as an alternative to Noah Feldman’s ‘Second Front’? March 6, 2024 @NoahRFeldman has opened the ‘Second Front’ in the Gaza Genocide! In defence of The Zionist … Continue reading →

Political Cynic takes @FT pulse! US Supreme Court rules that Donald Trump can remain on Colorado ballot Decision is victory for former president and removes one obstacle in his run for White House US Supreme Court rules that Donald Trump can remain … Continue reading →

Political Cynic offers some thoughts. Not at all surprising that former Neo-Con, now ‘Liberal’  Fukuyama is plowing the same field that he furrowed in December 8, 2013, with a new cast of characters: The days of swooning admiration for his Hegelian … Continue reading →

Political Observer offers Occam’s razor… Headline: What George Galloway’s sweeping win in Rochdale says Sub-headline: His campaign centred on Gaza, a welcome sign for the SNP, which may seek to exploit its difference from Labour’s stance to gain support https://www.ft.com/content/3a831861-9a36-4945-a050-702daca4223f … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader comments. The first 570 word chatter is taken up with the paradigmatic figure of Howard Buffet, father of Warren Buffett. Reader proceed with caution when reading Buckley’s protege! A potted history of the Republican Party, with its focus … Continue reading →