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Is there noting so dependable than Mr. Rachman’s speculation, and almost anguish, over the question of Brexit? Or the fact that he is a reliable member of the apologists for the E.U., as the historical precursor of the now utterly … Continue reading →

Here is a screen shot from my e mail of commenter89363 post on The Financial Times’ Janan Ganesh’s essay ‘The menace of populism has made the tribal left think again’. Can’t understand the rationale for its removal? StephenKMackSD https://www.ft.com/content/13a06188-0fc9-11e7-a88c-50ba212dce4d

My original comment here: https://stephenkmacksd.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/publius-asks-who-is-jon-ossoff/#comment-2271 Kathryn Busby’s comment on my post: Ms. Busby, Thank you for your comment. The ‘as if’ of your comment is that the Wikileaks leaking of the Podesta e mails didn’t demonstrate, with stunning clarity, the … Continue reading →

Mr. Jamil Anderlini’s description of the problem of ‘American Decline‘: ‘Even some US officials privately acknowledge that China has won the battle for the South China Sea without firing a shot. In the annals of American decline, this episode will … Continue reading →

I haven’t read anything in the American Press about the political unrest in Argentina. America’s  political narcissism is primary, and the outliers in South America hold no purchase on the crisis ridden Age of Trump. Yet Macri’s exhumation of  Neo-Liberalism … Continue reading →

Is he Our Cicero or more likely Our Catiline that addresses the vexing question of the Left and its tribalism, in his usual eloquent, coruscating polemic? The Left, as Our Catiline views it, is ‘tribalist’ because it is by definition … Continue reading →

Its very interesting that the ‘reformers’ that are, or have been, featured in The Financial Times,  Gontareva and Argentine President Mauricio Macri were what? Clients of  Mossack Fonseca? Gontareva’s name ‘pops up’ in the Panama Papers, yet the link the Financial … Continue reading →

Who is Jon Ossoff? This might just provide part of an answer: ‘Ossoff attended Georgetown University from 2005 to 2009, earning a bachelor’s degree in the School of Foreign Service. He studied under former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and … Continue reading →

Where has Courtney Weaver been? As reported in Time Magazine of March 22,2017: http://time.com/4709234/neil-gorsuch-confirmation-hearing-supreme-court-decision/ Judge Gorsuch’s decision in Thompson  R2-J School District v. Luke P. has been overturned unanimously by the Supreme Court! Even his fellow reactionaries on the Court … Continue reading →

Even with the hollow hand-wringing of Rich Lowry, the Heritage Foundation Healthcare, in all its iterations of a ‘Free Market’ answer to Single Payer, i.e. Medicare for all, is destined for failure? Mr. Lowry leads with a whimper, which makes … Continue reading →