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M. 37% practices his own version of authoritarianism, maladroitly self-described as Jupertarian Politics built upon ‘Rule by Decree’ that now seems to to have devolved into a slow-motion disarray. But The Financial Times hireling Harriet Agnew quotes from Macron ,with a … Continue reading →

Mr. Ganesh’s essay of November 7, 2018 on the American Mid-Terms must be named as an exercise in the unimaginative political generic, with bit of statistical gloss. Headline; US midterm elections: Democrats must not overplay their hand Sub-headline: Activists want … Continue reading →

Headline: Emmanuel Macron’s fatigue gives his government the blues Sub-headline : French president pays for overpromising as rumours of burnout afflict his brand I’m  catching up, after a week focused on the mid-term elections in America. And can’t resist the … Continue reading →

When I first read this tweet from The American Conservative,  authored by Bruce Fein, I was startled that anyone would defend Scalia’s conception of ‘Textualism’, no matter the context. ‘As Justice Antonin Scalia endlessly lectured, what matters in constitutional interpretation … Continue reading →

Among the topics raised in his usual political free association, of October 12, 2018 titled The Danger of Trump’s Political Accomplishments , Andy Divine was surprised at what McConnell and Ryan were able to pass in Congress, controlled by Republicans … Continue reading →

Mr. Stephens points at Trump and his obliteration ‘the moral guardrails that keep bigotry down.’ The ‘as if’ here is that his readers will develop ‘political/moral amnesia’ , on Mr, Stephens’ shameless advocacy of the IDF’S mass murder of Palestinians! … Continue reading →

Mr. Ganesh never ties of speaking in platitudes, under the guise of valuable insight, the paragraph below is a telling example of this unimpressive political strategy. The calls for political civility run up against another limitation. They are essential as … Continue reading →

Guillaume Duval asked the question, in his May 18, 2017 essay, titled Can Macron Move Europe Forward?   https://www.socialeurope.eu/author/guillaume-duval The more than patient reader has her answer in his October 30, 2018 essay titled Trump, Putin, Orbán, Kaczyński, May, Salvini… An … Continue reading →

… Regime change Neoliberal restructuring promised a reversal of the decline in profits. Couched in the language of individual freedom, it would raise profits by undermining the bargaining power of labour, cutting taxes on capital and opening new profit centres … Continue reading →

Recall Andy Divine’s essay of October 12, 2018? Headline: The Danger of Trump’s Political Accomplishments It was the usual political travelogue that is Andy’s  specialty. ‘Kanye and Khashoggi and even Kavanaugh’ … The Kavanaugh-Ford showdown also helped upend the overly simple … Continue reading →