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It seems that Mr. Leith has left no highfalutin literary reference unused in his search for some applicable frame for President Obama, near the end of his second term: Homer, Milton and at its end Sophocles. Call this the a … Continue reading →

Mr. Ganesh opens his latest essay using the subjunctive mood of, ‘if only the left understood class as Kinsey understood sex.’ The Kinsey Reports were published in 1948 (Male) and 1953 (Female), and posited the idea of a ‘sexual continuum’ … Continue reading →

Look at the surfeit of information available to the the reader of the Financial Times regarding French politics and its current political actors: Le Pen, Sarkozy,Fillon, Juppé : Headline: Marine Le Pen lays out radical vision to govern France Sub-headline: National … Continue reading →

Has the sun finally set on the American Empire? Or just a momentary lull in what? The reader looks to Mr. Kagan’s repetition of three sets of metaphors repeated with necessary variations on the themes: return to normalcy shouldering burden … Continue reading →

Demetri Sevastopulo offers some valuable insights into Flynn’s surprising political beliefs about abortion and Gay Marriage. Yet the insights offered about Flynn that are telling, in connection with his management style, and his belief that his opinion on military matters, … Continue reading →

Notice first that the writers at the Economist open their essay with an illustration that takes it inspiration from two famous paintings, one American the other French, both illustrating the Revolutionary fervor of the Age of Democratic Revolution, to borrow … Continue reading →

For a moment I thought I was reading either Ross Douthat or David Brooks at the New York Times, such was the purposeful ideological misreading of the political present, as a failure of ‘Liberalism’ a political description of a ‘climate … Continue reading →

To @Nobody’s  critics, please read this friendly history of Neo-Conservatism: http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/american-history-after-1945/neoconservative-revolution-jewish-intellectuals-and-shaping-public-policy?format=HB&isbn=9780521836562 The title is instructive :The Neoconservative Revolution Jewish Intellectuals and the Shaping of Public Policy, by Murray Friedman. @Nobody simply repeats the historical, but discomforting facts about the Neo-Cons and … Continue reading →

Here is Simon Schama ranting at Melanie Phillips about the Trump victory: Here is a link to my first comment on The Financial Times web site: http://on.ft.com/2fPf5AO A copy of my reply to @RiskManager: Mr Schama declares Sen. Jeff Session’s … Continue reading →

But bowing to the judgment of the polls does not entail a suspension of dissent, especially, when, as in this case, the election involves shameless suppression of votes, the politicisation of the FBI and the cyber-interference of the Russians. https://www.ft.com/content/eb87a71a-a7f9-11e6-8898-79a99e2a4de6 … Continue reading →