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Mr. Luce can’t let go of his credentials as a thoroughgoing establishmentarian. His look at the Democratic contest and his obvious choice of front runner Hillary makes that clear, she presents herself as Presidential. Which means that she and her … Continue reading →

One reads, in awe, of Mr. Ignatieff’s praise of the return to democratic values, of adversaries rather than enemies, to the political process of Canadian state. Good luck to Mr. Trudeau in his endeavor to restore a necessary civility. Yet … Continue reading →

Mr. Ganesh demonstrates that the enemy of the political winner is the inability to conceive the possibility that the opposition can win. Call it the myopia of the winner. Given the rise of Corbyn, or someone like him, Mr. Cameron … Continue reading →

On top of the manufactured political melodrama of the President’s courage in his act of re-evaluation/self-repudiation of his past commitments, we are then subjected to Mr. Luce’s long and unconvincing apologia for the un-lamented ‘diplomatic’ career of Mr. Holbrooke. Mr. … Continue reading →

I’m writing my comment on October 18, 2015, and why that is germane is that The Intercept has published a series of related essay called The Drone Papers: The Drone Papers This is a collection of ten essays that map … Continue reading →

When political nihilist Rep. Peter King calls The Freedom Caucus ‘crazies’ and Rep. Amash proclaimes himself, and his forty followers, to be the apostles of Political Reason in the face of the present Political Anarchy: the rules as so elastic … Continue reading →

The author of ‘The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson’ proves himself to be the most sophisticated political sycophant yet to appear in these pages, this is surely an accomplishment, when there are so many precursors. Mr. Harry Mount produces … Continue reading →

As usual Mr. Rachman faithfully conforms to the latest iteration of Political Orthodoxy: American Decline, American Retreat from World Dominance and other such locutions, favored by both Neo-Cons and their R2P political allies. The rise of the twin myths of … Continue reading →

I hate to say this but Mr.Franzen sounds just like an American Provincial. No particular insights on any important issue political,historical,philosophical just petulant chit chat. Mailer was driven by egotism and being the self-appointed heir to Hemingway, a collection of … Continue reading →

The Corbyn Panic is now normalized by Cameron. One need only read The Financial Times, The Economist. Even the TLS gets into the spirit of the Witch Hunt, with  Peter Hennessy’s review of  Nick Robinson’s Election Notebook and The Times … Continue reading →