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There should be no surprise that Steve Pifer’s credentials are revelatory of his Russian antipathy, that translates into his latest Pro-Coup apologetics. That the fascists are a permanent part of the Coup government is not all surprising. Right Sector and … Continue reading →

As  reported in The Financial Times, with embellishment, the words of  the Jupertarian Macron reduced to political beggary:   ‘ They were the words his supporters were longing to hear: “People of France, help me.” Where are these supporters?  at … Continue reading →

The first paragraph of Mr. Rachman’s latest column on the ‘murder’ of Jamal Khashoggi leaves little doubt that he tows the Party Line, at the same time as he shapes that Party Line of Elite indignation about the ‘murder’ of … Continue reading →

I am slowly reading this collection of essays titled Transcendental Heidegger edited by Steven Crowell and Jeff Malpas, published by Stanford University Press. I have just finished reading chapter 3 ‘Heidegger on Kant on Transcendence’ by David Carr. I can … Continue reading →

Headline:Why do Americans cling to their European heritage? Sub-headline: I find nothing about the country harder to explain than the quest for extra-American identities’ Mr. Ganesh never lets his utter historical ignorance get in the the way of his production … Continue reading →

Headline: Democrats need their own Mitch McConnell Sub-headline: The left must learn from the Republican majority leader’s tactical successes Mr. Ganesh’s opening paragraph of his admonition the New Democrats, who the headline writers of the Financial Times misidentify as ‘Left’ … Continue reading →

When it comes to ‘catch phrases’ Mr Luce has a talent to invent and or appropriate them, axis-of-adults, or to recite them as place holders for actual thought, “cognitive dissonance”  provides a kind of intellectual gloss to his essay. Mr. … Continue reading →

There is nothing in Mr. Ganesh’s essay of real note except the lingering mephitic aroma of Kavanaugh pseudo-apologetics. The Democrats and their attempt to impugn the integrity of Party Boy Kavanaugh. Who has an uncanny resemblance to Bush The Younger, … Continue reading →

Is there a more self-serving, mendacious political/civic actors than lawyers,in or out of Judicial robes? What citizen, a presiding judge,  declares to his civic equals that the American Law Court is above Morality, as if it were a trivial matter? … Continue reading →

Reading Andy Divine’s review of four books on Trump at the TLS is experiencing him in a more rational key. His political hysterics sometimes muted, and sometimes argued at a frenetic pace, hint at paranoia. As this review is quite … Continue reading →