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Steven Ozment on Luther as exemplar of German fiscal probity, a comment by Almost Marx

One can just wonder at Mr. Ozment’s myopia as he proclaims that Merkel, and by definition some very important members of Germany’s political class,  express a fiscal probity that dates back to the stern Protestantism of Martin Luther. Does Mr. … Continue reading

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Sebastian Payne on Jeremy Corbyn & the Crisis of The Labour Party, a comment by Political Observer

Mr. Payne and the Financial Times are unable to face the fact that New Labour is collapsing, as we enter the ninth year of the utterly failed Neo-Liberal economic/civic model. Mr. Corbyn seems, in his years as a ‘backbencher’, to … Continue reading

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Sam Tanenhaus on Trump as American Nihilist & Mrs. Clinton as our political salvation, a comment by Political Reporter

It takes real patience to read through Mr. Tanenhaus’ rambling essay, because it seems interminable, although offering some valuable political insights,  but until he reaches the coverage of Trump’s Mechanicsburg appearance, only then does the essay breathes with something like the … Continue reading

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Gideon Rachman at full gallop, a comment by Almost Marx

We are in the same propaganda territory relied upon by the Financial Times,  of The Rebellion Against The Elites,  in Mr. Rachman’s latest essay: Headline: The crisis in Anglo-American democracy Sub-headline: Trump of the Republicans and Corbyn of the Labour party … Continue reading

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Edward Luce compares Trump to Nixon, success or failure ? A comment by Political Observer

Trump isn’t Nixon! Hillary is the New Nixon of 1968. Mrs. Clinton was carefully ‘re-branded’ for her 2016 run for president, to make her more personally appealing to the voter: women, blacks and hawkish New Democrats and Neo-Conservatives tired of … Continue reading

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Janan Ganesh on Bruce Springsteen: the marriage of myopia & ideology, a comment by American Writer

Mr. Ganesh leaves behind for the moment his highly practiced rhetoric of London Spleen, for the pathos of the perpetual aspirant and political climber. This essay,his praise of Mr. Springsteen as an American artists of the first order, untainted by … Continue reading

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Paul Singer’s Lament: the Bond Market is broken, 2 replies

1) I have yet to read Robin Wigglesworth’s essay/news report, but I have read Mr. Edward. N. Littwak’s essay Hidden Costs at the Times Literary Supplement, August 19,2016 A review of The Panama Papers, that for it’s cast of characters, … Continue reading

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At The Financial Times: The New Cold War is alive and well! a comment by Victor Serge IV (Revised 08/19/16)

After the treatment of Jeremy Corbyn, as part of the rise of The Populists in Western political life as indicative of The Rebellion against The Elites, as characterized by the writers at The Financial Times, The Brexit Vote and the … Continue reading

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At The Financial Times: John Lloyd on ‘the left-behinders’, a comment by Almost Marx

Reading through Mr. Lloyd’s essay, laden with self-apologetics for an utterly failed Neo-Liberal Utopianism, eight years and counting since the 2008 Economic Collapse, or just call it by it’s actual name a Depression: Mr. Lloyd’s calls for a political understanding … Continue reading

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At The Financial Times: Edward Luce on Mrs. Clinton’s Exceptionalism, a comment by Political Reporter

As per usual it won’t take long before this comments section is closed to any further replies, Mrs. Clinton has far too many enemies: when the going gets tough the Financial Times folds, to paraphrase that American Philosopher Vince Lombardi. … Continue reading

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