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Political Realist lances the pustule. Mr. Brooks seems to think/believe that his readership is gullible and or clueless? … In a magnificent 1949 essay on Churchill, Isaiah Berlin noticed that Churchill idealized his fellow Brits with such intensity that he lifted “a large … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader comments. Headline: Germany, France and how not to do deterrence Sub-headline: The EU’s two leading powers are causing confusion and anger among allies as Ukraine’s future hangs by a thread https://www.ft.com/content/54b1d958-e111-4f8a-9983-f9f79d997ec6 The Reader confronts JD Vance ‘often vitriolic Trumpist’ whose ‘criticism … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader offer a excerpts from Anthony Julius ‘T. S. Eliot , Anti-Semitism and literary form’ as an alternative to Noah Feldman’s ‘Second Front’? March 6, 2024 @NoahRFeldman has opened the ‘Second Front’ in the Gaza Genocide! In defence of The Zionist … Continue reading →

Political Cynic takes @FT pulse! US Supreme Court rules that Donald Trump can remain on Colorado ballot Decision is victory for former president and removes one obstacle in his run for White House US Supreme Court rules that Donald Trump can remain … Continue reading →

Political Cynic offers some thoughts. Not at all surprising that former Neo-Con, now ‘Liberal’  Fukuyama is plowing the same field that he furrowed in December 8, 2013, with a new cast of characters: The days of swooning admiration for his Hegelian … Continue reading →

Political Observer offers Occam’s razor… Headline: What George Galloway’s sweeping win in Rochdale says Sub-headline: His campaign centred on Gaza, a welcome sign for the SNP, which may seek to exploit its difference from Labour’s stance to gain support https://www.ft.com/content/3a831861-9a36-4945-a050-702daca4223f … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader comments. The first 570 word chatter is taken up with the paradigmatic figure of Howard Buffet, father of Warren Buffett. Reader proceed with caution when reading Buckley’s protege! A potted history of the Republican Party, with its focus … Continue reading →

Queer Atheist comments Tom Friedman’s latest essay focuses on the question of Israel’s loosing ‘acceptance’. Mr. Friedman’s attempt to impresses his readership with his world travels. And the almost hand-wringing white washing, of the Genocide practiced Netanyahu, aided by American arms and … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader comments. Headline: Academics can no longer speak freely Sub-headline: Solving this crisis in higher education should transcend the division between the right and the left. https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/02/academic-free-speech For many years, left-wing opinion-makers have told us that there is no … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader comments. Headline: Islamophobia and antisemitism are not the same Sub-headline: Prejudice against Muslims is deplorable but it’s not bigotry to call out the Islamist threat to Jews https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/islamophobia-and-antisemitism-are-not-the-same-nxgrqvxbt Melanie’s self -willed forgetting of ‘The War On Terror’: Melanie … Continue reading →