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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

@tomfriedman writes an apologetic for Antony Blinken & @nytdavidbrooks writes on the clear and present danger of the creeping ‘Administrative State’: featured final player Donald Trump!

Political Observer comments. I’ll just ‘sample’ key paragraph’s of this wan apologetic that Mr. Friedman offers, on behalf Blinken, in a Newspaper that is the active partner of The American National Security State. Note that Friedman mentions Blinken being a Jew, yet … Continue reading

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Giuliano da Empoli’s Political Fiction captures the attention/celebration of both The Financial Times & The New Statesman

Political Observer comments. The Financial Times: January 5, 2024: Headline: Writer Giuliano da Empoli: ‘Putin knows he made a mistake. But one rule of power is to never go back’ Sub-headline: The Italian political adviser turned bestselling novelist on using … Continue reading

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As beguiling as Freddie Hayward evaluation of David Cameron … there is the matter of History ?

Old Socialist comments. January 11, 2024: In my haste to comment on Mr. Ganesh’s latest essay, I commented about the Hunger and Homelessness in Britain. I failed in my moral duty, yes Kant!, to, at the least, mention the Gaza … Continue reading

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Janan Ganesh on ‘The welcome demise of big-government Toryism’…

Political Commentator wonders, where the Homeless & Hungry might fit into ‘Ganesh World’? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… January 11, 2024:  In my haste to comment on Mr. Ganesh’s latest essay, I commented about the Hunger and Homelessness in Britain. I failed in my … Continue reading

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The Final Frontier offers ‘compelling argued replies’ in the pages of The Financial Times!

Political Observer. Opinion The FT View : Headline : The 2024 battle for America’s soul Sub-headline: Biden needs to spell out clearly what is at stake in his contest with Trump https://www.ft.com/content/7a99563b-6b66-4e43-94de-0dcaca5d60dc This @FT Political Melodrama has one advantage for The Reader! … Continue reading

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Bret Stephens helps Bill Ackman maintain that valuable ‘Second Front’, that places the Gaza Genocide, in the shadow of an utterly corrupt/bankrupt Harvard, The Center of The Known World ?

Political Observer offers some selective quotation of Stephen’s moralizing politics. Bret Stephens when he isn’t proclaiming his moral uprightness and virtue, he can’t resist the temptation to attack the Civil Rights Era and The Great Society of Johnson, on its … Continue reading

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Recall that @zannymb was one of Jeffrey Sachs ‘Shock Therapy Cadre’ of 1993? She opines on the Clear and Present Danger of Trump in 2024, among others!

Old Socialist’s inconvenient recollections ! Please note that I’ve placed in bold font and italics Mr. Sachs reported ‘world class impatience’! Here are the the last paragraphs of Beddoes latest broadside , about the coming Political Crises of 2024: In … Continue reading

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Le Monde takes the measure of Marcon’s ‘mis- steps’ regarding The Gaza Genocide!

Political Observer & Almost Marx comment. The Headline and Sub-headline are descriptive of the ‘reportage’ of Benjamin Barthe  and Philippe Ricard: Headline: France is still finding its bearings with the war in Gaza Sub-headline : In two and a half months of conflict, … Continue reading

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Andrew Roberts in high dungeon over Walter Reid’s book on Churchill! Did he miss Richard Toye’s ‘Churchill’s Empire: The World That Made Him and the World He Made’ ?

Political Observer wonders! A collection of reviews : Churchill’s Empire The World That Made Him and the World He Made Author: Richard Toye Political Observer

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Another Iteration of Bagehot @TheEconomist takes aim at Keir Starmer! From December 14, 2023.

Newspaper Reader comments. The first paragraph of this essay is as lackluster as Kier Starmer, as portrayed by Bagehot ! Usually, politicians try to offer optimism. Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party specialises in despair. “This is worse than the 1970s,” said Sir … Continue reading

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