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  Headline: Middle East braced for backlash after killing of Qassem Soleimani Sub-headline: Fears grow that death of Iranian general will suck region into broader conflict https://www.ft.com/content/52a2fce4-2e0f-11ea-a126-99756bd8f45e   The Financial Times ‘reports’ on the Soleimani killing with the aid of … Continue reading →

Its an American tradition to ‘meddle’ in Iran. Recall Kermit Roosevelt? The particulars here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Roosevelt_Jr. And his book Countercoup, a political self-apologetic. Former senior adviser to the Obama administration and Council on Foreign Relations Iran expert, Ray Takeyh,[16] writing in 2014, states that “Contrary to Roosevelt’s … Continue reading →

Headline: Steven Pinker: what can we expect from the 2020s? Sub-headline: Look beyond the gloom of the daily headlines and the case for progress is still strong Dr. Pangloss’ essay  presents many compelling aperçus : On Human Nature as Determined … Continue reading →

Mr. Sullivan’s Anti-Trump hysteria seems to reach many denouements, here is part of his December 20, 2019 essay: Headline: What We Know About Trump Going Into 2020 … The two core lessons of the past few years are therefore: (1) … Continue reading →

The new anger Headline: 2019 in review: protest and populism in Latin America Sub-headline: Scandals, autocracy and anger at inequality stir unrest across the continent https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2019/12/25/2019-in-review-protest-and-populism-in-latin-america?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/2019inreviewprotestandpopulisminlatinamericathenewanger Under the rubric of ‘The new anger’ needs further explication provided by the headline … Continue reading →

Headline: 2019: the year of street protest Sub-headline: Mass demonstrations around the globe show no sign of fizzling out Call this an Opinion Writer’s jejune pastiche of History, that comes to this lackluster conclusion: Above all, as the last 12 months … Continue reading →

The New Cold Warriors @NYT can’t help themselves! With the ‘Impeachment’ on hold, under the direction of Schiff/Nadler , the best political duo since the Ev and Charley Show, and ‘I haven’t got the votes in the Senate’ Pelosi-I’m sorry … Continue reading →

Before you gather the family around the T.V. to watch ‘Its a Wonderful Life’ with your mugs of Cocoa and that Tree all lit up, Ozzie and Harriet style: (Don’t pretend you don’t know who they are!) be sure to … Continue reading →

Headline:Israeli Jews are ‘equivalent of Seminoles deciding to take over Florida’ and Palestinians are the cowboys — Jeffrey Goldberg reemerges While I was reading portions of Goldberg’s comments I was reminded of the column’s of David Brooks , in which … Continue reading →

Headline: Robert Harris: ‘Johnson must fancy himself as Caesar’ Sub-headline: The novelist on Cicero’s lessons for Brexit Britain, Labour’s future — and how to write a bestseller a year Reading Frederick Studemann’s interview with Robert Harris is a literary amalgam … Continue reading →