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Never fear at The Financial Times the Brexit hysterics are becoming more and more strident as the date of the vote approaches: Mr. Schama produces a model of it’s kind, although more historically and intellectually sophisticated: complete with a shameless coda … Continue reading →

In his essay on Mr. Wilentz, framed by the career of Arthur Schlesinger Jr.,a for rent public intellectual, who reveled in socializing with movers and shakers, and apprenticed himself to JFK, and who became chronicler of The Camelot Crushed mythology, Michael … Continue reading →

You have to wonder at ‘Modern Conservatism’ ! Disraeli used his novels to express his evolving ideas about the practice of politics, and it’s philosophical foundations. How arresting is the fact of this kind of genius? it inspires a kind … Continue reading →

My reply to @Critique @Critique The motion that is maladroitly touched upon in your comment is that Hillary is a Feminist instead of what she shares with Trump: they are both Corporatists, political and ethical opportunists, in short Trump is … Continue reading →

What might a reader make of this? ‘This article is part of our Next America: Higher Education project, which is supported by grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Lumina Foundation.’ The Lumina Foundation has $1.4 billion in … Continue reading →

It is surprising how much Mr. Tanenhaus’ Neo-Liberal equivocations/self-apologetics reminds this reader of David Brooks sociologically garnished chatter. Mr. Brooks defends a sclerotic Conservatism/Neo-Conservatism, Tanenhaus defends an equally sclerotic Neo-Liberalism: and his means of attack against Sen. Sanders is to … Continue reading →

As I have aged I have been radicalized by the rise of Neo-Liberalism from Reagan, to the stolid iteration of that trans-generational swindle exercised by Obama. I am a Democratic Socialist and have reached my tolerance level for an utterly … Continue reading →

All that is missing from this wan political melodrama is The Donald tying poor Hillary to the train tracks, in all the grey herky jerky of a silent film, from the last century. Mrs. Clintons ‘problems’ are of her own … Continue reading →

This essay reads as if it’s main ideas were hastily written on a napkin, over a hurried lunch, complete with the equivocating asterisk. Well, because the writer isn’t quite convinced that Trump is a fascist, in the sense that Mr. … Continue reading →

Headline: A Misplaced Mea Culpa for Neoliberalism Sub-headline :  The International Monetary Fund should stick to its knitting and tackle the decline in productivity Opening paragraph: As an all-purpose insult, “neoliberalism” has lost any meaning it might once have had. … Continue reading →