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Edwin Heathcote a new and welcome voice on the civic nature of Architecture- and in The Financial Times! Or, perhaps I’ve not paid attention to his other essays? It  reminds me of Aline Saarinen, on the Today Show, on NBC, in … Continue reading →

Headline: A World Safe for Democracy by G John Ikenberry — free thinking Sub-headline: This thoughtful and profound defence of liberal internationalism looks at the political philosophy as a guide to future actions Is Mr. Rachman’s enthusiasm for one of … Continue reading →

The first two paragraphs on Mr. Garton-Ash’s essay are … Writers have interpreted the failings of liberalism in different ways; the point, however, is to change it. Self-criticism is a liberal strength. The very fact that there are already so … Continue reading →

Mr. Edsall writes a nearly 3,ooo word essay, that finds ‘declining social status’ as ‘the’ explanation for the present political crisis. Exacerbated by the ‘Populists’ of both the ‘Radical Right’ and ‘Left’: the ‘as if ‘ here is that somehow … Continue reading →

Here are some evocative quotations for Mr. Luce’s latest essay:   The question is whether that kind of paranoiac, which, polls suggest, describes the overwhelming majority of Republican voters, will drift into atomised resentment or be a political wrecking force.  The answer will shape the direction … Continue reading →

From the early days of The Economist’s Political Romance with Mauricio Macri. From January 2, 2016 Headline: A fast start Sub-headline: Mauricio Macri’s early decisions are bringing benefits and making waves ‘MAURICIO MACRI, who took office as Argentina’s president in … Continue reading →

While Neo-Liberalism is still in its seemingly endless state of collapse, exacerbated by Covid-19, this newspaper continues to quote the Think Tank dullards, who sold this Utopia as the ‘Radiant Future’, to borrow from Zinoviev!The combat between Johnson & Macron, … Continue reading →

BRITAIN AND EUROPE IN A TROUBLED WORLD  176pp. Yale University Press. £16.99 (US $25).  Vernon Bogdanor  RELUCTANT EUROPEAN  Britain and the European Union from 1945 to Brexit 352pp. Oxford University Press. £25 (US $35).  Stephen Wall  In this long paragraph Mr. Evens … Continue reading →

The reader can look to Mr. Ganesh’s essay of November 27, 2020 for his latest rhetorical strategy: Headline: What the dream hoarders get wrong about parenting Sub-headline: The rich screen their children from the hardships that form genius https://www.ft.com/content/b3b92ba4-f6e7-4fd1-bc61-6a73272e8b49 It’s … Continue reading →

Headline: Machine guns and a hit squad: the killing of Iran’s nuclear mastermind Assassination set to escalate tensions as US president-elect Joe Biden keen to restart nuclear talks https://www.ft.com/content/a2fade69-f-9fd3-1641ae1fddb13b03-4d0 Note that Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is named as the sinister, in fact … Continue reading →