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@FT bemoans the fact that Uber has Employees, rather than ‘Independent Contractors’. StephenKMackSD comments.

Preview in new tab Headline: UK ruling on worker recognition threatens to crash Uber model Sub-headline:Ride-hailing app now faces having to deal with holiday pay, minimum wage, sick leave and pension contributions https://www.ft.com/content/643de8f2-8098-41a3-9e9e-b9eee25f4593 In California Uber, and its political allies, … Continue reading

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Andy Divine opines on ‘The Two Tribes’, proving that this shopworn political cliche is eternal. Rush Limbaugh garners a mention . Political Observer comments

Andy opens his essay with this sentence: ‘If there’s one core assumption shared by the two tribes of our culture, it is that America will soon be a “majority-minority” nation.’ The relevant question is glaringly obvious, who are these ‘two … Continue reading

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Eli Zaretsky on ‘The Big Lie’ in the London Review of Books, February 15, 2021.

I don’t think that anyone can doubt the failure of the whole of America’s Political Class! Trump is just the symptom. Neo-Liberalism’s Social/Political/Economic Engineering destroyed what was left of The New Deal, and in its place Free Market Utopianism gained … Continue reading

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The New Cold War episode MMVII: The Financial Times & Emmanuel Macron, on the Covid-19 Vaccine as the latest bargaining chip! Political Reporter comments.

M. 37 % can’t govern his own country, as ‘The Rebellion Against the Elites’ keeps appearing every Saturday, like clockwork. While unreported in this newspaper! Here is Macron as he addresses the burning question facing the ‘West’: “It’s an unprecedented … Continue reading

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The New Cold War against China, in The Financial Times of February 16, 2021. Political Reporter comments.

Headline: China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry Sub-headline: Beijing asks industry executives if proposed restrictions will harm western contractors China is exploring limiting the export of rare earth minerals that are crucial for the manufacture … Continue reading

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How did Janan Ganesh miss the birth of ‘The New Cold War’, on 4 Fronts? Old Socialist ponders the question…

The New Cold War is already here! The ‘Enemies’ are Russia, China and Iran, with a minor, but pivotal role, for North Korea. Mr. Ganesh writes ‘as if’ this doesn’t constitute the present political reality. Joe Biden’s choices of Blinken, … Continue reading

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The London Sunday Times on Macron: who ‘won so decisively in 2017’ . Old Socialist comments.

Should the regular reader of this newspaper be surprised at this paragraph in this ‘news story’ about Le Pen? Headline: Marine Le Pen purrs as President Macron’s attack dog scampers round to the right … It is Macron himself who … Continue reading

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Is the concern on the ‘Right’, about getting American Children back to school legitimate? Old Socialist on David Brooks, Rich Lowry & John Prideaux.

This political Melodrama begins with David Brooks in the New York Times of January 28, 2021: Headline: Children Need to Be Back in School Tomorrow Sub-headline: Teacher resistance is a disaster for the most vulnerable. There’s a wave of anti-intellectualism sweeping … Continue reading

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On my Heidegger & Kant studies. StephenKMackSD

I’ve just finished rereading, the Kant chapter titled ‘Kant’s Critique of Idealism‘,  In  ‘German Idealism:The Struggle against Subjectivism 1781–1801 by Frederick C. Beiser. It took some time, but well worth it.  I’ve started to reread ‘Prolegomena to any further metaphysics … Continue reading

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Andy Divine attacks the New York Times & Dan-el Padilla Peralta. Political Cynic comments ( Amended, February 6, 2021)

War-Monger & ‘The Bell Curve’ advocate/apologist Andrew Sullivan attacks The New York Times  & Dan-el Padilla Peralta for attacking the ‘The Classics’! Headline: He Wants to Save Classics From Whiteness. Can the Field Survive? Sub-headline: Dan-el Padilla Peralta thinks classicists should knock ancient … Continue reading

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