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Newspaper Reader comments. Note the framing of the Telegraph report: ‘The West’s enemies’ ! This newspaper seems to be moored in the political territory once occupied by The Economist? The last paragraphs from this ‘news story’ are instructive of an attitude of … Continue reading →

Philosophical Apprentice comments. Opinion War in Ukraine Headline: Time is of the essence in defending Ukraine Sub-Headline: Western calls for peace talks ignore the Kremlin’s determination to pursue its war of conquest Time is of the essence in defending Ukraine https://www.ft.com/content/36ba12ed-7a0f-4a3a-870e-b38363ad92d9 … Continue reading →

Carlos Lozada’s essay from 2017, wakes ‘us’ from our a-historical stupor? Premature Anti-Fascist wonders! Trump simply echoes Samuel P. Huntington. Carlos Lozada’s essay from 2017 provides answers: Samuel Huntington, a prophet for the Trump era. The writings of the late … Continue reading →

Political Reporter comments. Opinion US society America’s cultural supremacy and geopolitical weakness The notion of ‘decline’ is too crude to capture what is happening to the US in the 21st century. https://www.ft.com/content/dce07860-f39e-432b-a0f6-1a2124e4e1a3 The Reader has to wonder at the opening of … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments. A personal note: As a long time subscriber of The Economist: I still have a page torn out of the February 24 , 2001 edition , a review of ‘Law Without Values: The Life, The Work , … Continue reading →

Philosophical Apprentice wonders if Tyszka-Drozdowski had missed other revelatory sources of comment? Perhaps Tyszka-Drozdowski had missed this intervention? https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571301744-the-rotten-heart-of-europe/ Or this from 2021 by Bernard Connolly? The Importance of Sovereignty Click to access TIE_W21_Connolly.pdf Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski : Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski frames … Continue reading →

Political Observer considers the question. 1. Headline: Road to perdition Sub-headline: Why the Conservative Party faces an end to its political hegemony By Martin Ivens 2. Britain | Bagehot Headline: Inside the Spectocracy  Sub-headline A good way to run a magazine is … Continue reading →

Political Cynic comments on another Pretender! What might The Reader make of John B. Judis as thinker/writer? Below is a review of his ‘The Paradox of American Democracy: Elites, Special Interests, and the Betrayal of Public Trust’ Can Populism Be … Continue reading →

Philosophical Apprentice approaches with doubt and caution! The first four paragraph’s of Rachman’s essay are a bit overwrought, indeed bordering on the melodramatic. It hasn’t occurred to this self-imagined Political Technocrat, that the World is changing/evolving, at such a speed that ‘it’ has … Continue reading →

Philosophical Apprentice comments. It doesn’t quite occur to Mr. Ganesh that his argued commonalities, between European and American ‘Populism’ might be the product of an utterly failed Neo-Liberal Model, that ruled the West from Thatcher/Reagan era, to its tattered remains … Continue reading →