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Rootless cosmopolitan,down at heels intellectual;would be writer. 'Polemic is a discourse of conflict, whose effect depends on a delicate balance between the requirements of truth and the enticements of anger, the duty to argue and the zest to inflame. Its rhetoric allows, even enforces, a certain figurative licence. Like epitaphs in Johnson’s adage, it is not under oath.' https://www.lrb.co.uk/v15/n20/perry-anderson/diary

sebastian.payne@ft.com on Mrs. May’s failure to seize and hold the political high ground of the Tory Reformer. Old Socialist comments

Mr. Payne in the second and third paragraphs of his essay offers an evaluation of Mrs. May’s failed ‘vision’ for Tory politics, when she was elevated to replace the bungling and  bulling Mr. Cameron. … Back in the summer of … Continue reading

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Reading Michiko Kakutani’s ‘Deconstrution industry: Issues with truth in modern American’ ‘. American Writer comments

Reading Ms. Kakutani’s essay/fable titled ‘Deconstrution industry: Issues with truth in modern American’ in the July 27, 2018 print issue  and ‘Trump and the truth: Michiko Kakutani explores the issues with truth in modern America’ in the online version,of the TLS … Continue reading

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janan.ganesh@ft.com on Trump , The Republicans and the rise of ‘a coherent populist’ . Old Socialist comments

Mr. Ganesh is almost back to form, almost. As he describes the American political landscape of August 2018, it resembles the political present, yet his quick travelogue or just a history made to measure, lacks a complete description of the … Continue reading

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At the American Conservative: David Brooks as ‘Right Hegelian’. Political Observer wonders!

As a columnist for the New York Times Mr. Brooks writes two essays a week,regularly appears on television and writes books like ‘The Social Animal’, that reads like it was written by a Sociologist, who kept his manuscript hidden, because … Continue reading

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America’s political gossip-sheet explores the possible ramification of Bob Woodward’s latest book on Trump! Political Cynic comments

Bob Woodward is America’s Saint-Simon, with the power to blackmail the subjects of his ‘reportage’ , which makes for riveting palace gossip! And this Politico ‘news story’ by Annie Karni is reliant on anonymous sources: a marriage made in The 9Th … Continue reading

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At The Financial Times: robert.shrimsley@ft.com repeats the lie of Corbyn’s Anti-Semitism & other political crimes. Old Socialist comments

Financial Times ‘second stringer’ Robert Srimsley repeats the totally false, not to speak of defamatory Party Line on Corbyn, ANTI-ANTISEMITISM! All the top tier hacks are on vacation.  Do desperate times call for desperate measures : ‘guttersnipe journalism’ ?  Or … Continue reading

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Grand Inquisitor @jonathanchait names the Apostates & their Fellow Travelers on ‘The Left’

Like the ‘Liberals’ of another time, Schlesinger and Niebuhr being the most well known,  Mr. Chait is an active collaborator with the Clinton/Clapper/Brennan coterie, like Schlesinger and Niebuhr and their organization The ADA were to the McCarthy Witch Hunters. The … Continue reading

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The perennially maladroit Macron, episode CXIII: ‘Jupertarian’ equals Authoritarian, or will Scandal be the ‘end’ of Macron’s Neo-Liberal putsch? Old Socialist speculates

Headline: Macron, the bodyguard and the May Day scandal Sub-headline: French president battles biggest political crisis of his tenure The latest Macron Scandal is told by Harriet Agnew of the Financial Times: At the centre of the incident is Mr … Continue reading

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Andy Divine’s Political Moralizing, Episode CCCXXIII: Andy joyously wallows in the muck of ‘Russian-Gate’! Political Observer comments

Andy Divine latest essay focuses on ‘Russia-Gate’? The indictments of ‘Russian Trolls’ & ‘Russian Spies’ – but Show Trials in absentia are not what Mueller, Rosenstein and Comey have in mind. Of more import are Trump’s machinations & coverup of … Continue reading

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At The Financial Times: ‘House Republicans seek to impeach Rod Rosenstein’ . Old Socialist comments

The Financial Times editors again demonstrates their fear of their own readership, by way of disabling the comments section, on this ‘news story ‘ ,on the proposed Impeachment of Rod Rosenstein by House Republicans There are plenty of reason to … Continue reading

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