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http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/10/201110121715573693.html?… “No one ever lost money betting on the dull predictability of the US government. Just as Occupy Wall Street is firing imaginations all across the spectrum – piercing the noxious revolving door between government and casino capitalism – Washington … Continue reading →

http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-15162-7/the-truth-about-girls-and-boys  

http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/magazine/96062/occupy-wall-street-zizek-lewis?passthru=NWJhNDIyNzAzNmU5MWExYzI1ZmM0ZGU0MDJiZTU2MTk&utm_source=Editors+and+Bloggers&utm_campaign=4e29fdf4cc-Edit_and_Blogs&utm_medium=email The New Republic makes clear that respectable Liberals will find no common cause with the anti-capitalist rhetoric and group think of Occupy Wall Street(OWS): for after all Liberals believe in Capitalism as key to the survival of their philosophy, … Continue reading →

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/us/us-accuses-iranians-of-plotting-to-kill-saudi-envoy.html?_r=1&hp

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/opinion/the-milquetoast-radicals.html?hp It appears that David Brooks in his latest essay titled ‘The Milquetoast Radicals’ has let slip his carefully maintained  intellectual poise, his Platonically inflected reductionism, in favor of a hysterical rhetorical screech, as if the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators … Continue reading →

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/07/obamas_death_panel?page=0,0 "My point is that nothing like the NSC process should ever be used again to kill an American. If another citizen is ever targeted, it should only be after an extensive debate in Congress, leading to the statutory creation … Continue reading →

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-jon-huntsman-foreign-policy-20111010,0,5169344.story Here is the apparently amiable and rather low key Republican John Huntsman auditioning for the role of Commander in Chief. In a speech at Southern New Hampshire University he calls for a reduction of forces in Afghanistan, as reported … Continue reading →

http://www.businessinsider.com/gingrich-occupy-wall-street-a-natural-outcome-of-a-bad-education-system-teaching-them-really-dumb-ideas-2011-10 Certainly, it is interesting to watch both Mr. Cain and Mr. Gingrich sound the oft repeated notes that Conservatives muster when they feel themselves challenged by the ‘great unwashed’:  class warfare and anti-capitalism. Mr. Gingrich, being the more intellectually … Continue reading →

http://opsafeintl.com/2010/08/gallery-beautiful-faces/  

Comment is free The Sunday papers with … Series: The Sunday papers with … Previous | Index The Sunday papers with … Ally Fogg Liam Fox-hunting; boozing in the Commons; the cat couple; arms sales to the Saudis; and England’s … Continue reading →