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Political Observer.

American Provincial quotes just enough of Michel Hazanavicius ennui inducing essay… Why do so many young, pink-assed, Nike-wearing French people want to be revolutionaries and fierce defenders of the weakest with a one-dimensional reading of the issue? And why do … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments from 2015 & 2024. Here is a portion of Tett’s essay from January 16, 2015, the whole essay is more than worthy of your attention! Headline: A debt to history? Sub-headline: To some, Germany faces a moral … Continue reading →

Just look at the political actors, players, walk-ons in Ganesh’ s latest Historical Re -Write its like crewel embroidery aided by gusts of Hot Air . Editor: Paragraph 1: …the American left…, …Defund the Police…,…White Fragility…, Politics being downstream of culture,…, Dave … Continue reading →

Myra Breckenridge comments upon ‘“Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes”’ by Alissa Wilkinson, in The New York Times. As the creature of Gore Vidal’s vivid, and at times perverse sexual imagination, I’m probably not the right semi-plagiarist, and pretender, to rifle … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments & supplies ‘a selective reading’ of Conradi’s polemic! Mr. Conradi’s feature story begin as just that: When Holly-Rose Clegg was beginning her acting career in Paris, a job at Starbucks helped pay her bills. Almost a decade … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments. The first three paragraphs of this essay wallows in a retelling of a History, that is still unfolding. But the very canny Mr. Friedman lets his ‘reader’ know that he is aware of the various political actors in this … Continue reading →

Political Observer offers a brief commentary on Propaganda vs. Reportage! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 30, 2024 Reporting from Semafor Flagship: From Anya Parampil on twitter: Don’t turn off your critical thinking skills just because you have been told Venezuela is “socialist” your … Continue reading →

Old Socialist attempts… The title @rcolvile’s latest of attack on Keir Starmer political motives leaves The Reader in the dark confronting ‘The problem with a tax regime built on golden geese is that they can fly away’ the burning question is, who … Continue reading →

Re-Posting this February 17, 2020 commentary! I saw a copy of this latest biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Stephen Budiansky, today, at my local library. I searched, out of curiosity, for the Buck vs. Bell case. This being a … Continue reading →