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gideon.rachman@ft.com fans the flames of the New Cold War, again. Political Observer comments

Headline: Alexei Navalny is a real threat to Vladimir Putin Sub-headline: The fragility of the Russian regime is becoming clear The publisher of this report may not be to your liking. Please, no dull-witted Anti-Russian catchphrases … But how can … Continue reading

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@RColvile just can’t let go!

Headline: Twitter Bottom Feeder rattles Oxbridger? StephenKMackSD

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@RColvile scolds the Tories. Political Reporter comments.

There can be no doubt who and what Robert Colvile represents, and the Think Tank that he heads, it presents themselves as unapologetic Thatcherites:  The Centre for Policy Studies is Britain’s leading centre-right think tank. Its mission is to develop a new generation … Continue reading

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Andy Divine on the Biden Inaugural Speech. Political Reporter comments

When I first started reading Andy Divine’s latest essay, a thought popped into my mind: What would the long forgotten Freudian coterie-how could/would they have critiqued The Proud Boys? As a telling object lesson of ” sexual sublimation’ wedded to … Continue reading

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On Joe Biden’s Inaugural Address. American Writer comments

Watching Joe Biden’s Inaugural Address, a collection of cliches, and labored metaphors- perhaps he is sincere, or as sincere as an old pol can be. His appointments of Blinken, Nuland & R2P zealot Power offer, not hope, but demonstrates the utter … Continue reading

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Janan Ganesh confects a Joe Biden Melodrama, out of a collection of aphorisms? Political Thinker comments.

The reader of Mr. Ganesh beguiling collection of aphorisms, that frame his History Made to Measure, has to admire its style, yet its measure of not the ‘world’s authoritarians’, but that of China, the featured player in this paragraph. (There … Continue reading

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New Cold War Pyrotechnics, at The Financial Times of January 18, 2021. American Skeptic comments.

The Financial Times on the jailing of Alexei Navalny: Headline: Russia jails opposition activist Alexei Navalny for 30 days Sub-headline: Two EU countries call for bloc to impose sanctions if Putin critic is not released Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny … Continue reading

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Niall Ferguson, on the events of January 6, 2021. Publius comments.

Niall Ferguson in his search for historical analogies to the events of January 6, 2021, and the political phenomenon of Trump and Trumpism leads to – his rambling essay is chock-a-block with these examples: Plague and political irrationalism are twin … Continue reading

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Michael Moritz battles extremism in the pages of The Financial Times. Political Reporter comments.

Why it unsurprising to read a Capitalist warning, in this newspaper, about the danger of the Right and Left Extremes, as the threats to the business of profit taking! The fact of the Shoah frames this polemic, it is meant … Continue reading

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@jonathanchait Charter School Shill.

Charters have increased the number of ‘extra days’ of instruction. That is all. The ‘values’ of ‘The Market’ has no place in Education ! This Charter School movement, has been corrupt from the beginning. 3 Billion lost to fraud. Charters … Continue reading

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