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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 →

Headline: The Tories must mobilise soon in the culture wars, or they may find themselves outflanked Mr. Colvile’s opening paragraphs is a tale of victimhood, once in the reactionay imagination the province of ‘The Left’. Last week the journalist Suzanne … Continue reading →

Alexander Douglas reviews two books, that led me to some thoughts and considerations.   Adam Smith  Systematic philosopher and public thinker Sympathy not selfishness  By Eric Schliesser  The Infidel and The Professor  David Hume, Adam Smith, and the friendship that shaped modern thought By Dennis Rasmussen  Just … Continue reading →