The Good Doctor and American Political Realism

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Here is The Good Doctor (TGD) doing his Peronist caudillo turn, for our intellectual edification! The aimless political world needs the interpretive brio of our little authoritarian, to explain the political prestidigitation, of the master politician Barack Obama, who wins even as he loses? TGD shouts because that is his way; a lamentable but necessary strategy, to deal with the ignorant and the politically tone deaf. All the active participants of The American Political Melodrama at the least have walk-on parts, his narrative prominently features clueless Democrats of all stripes, but the left is his primary target, it’s handy and even the President favors a healthy disrespect for its professional wing. Neo-Conservative political chatter is both readable and quotable, sharing that quality with the unforgettable literary prose of the late, lamented Jacquiline Susann.

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Hive-minds and Kleptocrats

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Justices Unbound

Linda GreenhouseLinda Greenhouse on the Supreme Court and the law. Continue reading

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This Side of the Pond | We’re proud to announce that John Miller’s APOLLO, AUGUSTUS AND THE POETS has won this year’s Goodwin Award from the American Philological Association

We’re proud to announce that John Miller’s APOLLO, AUGUSTUS AND THE POETS has won this year’s Goodwin Award from the American Philological Association Continue reading

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Peter A. Joseph: Obama’s Real Record on Israel

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IRAN: Ahmadinejad aide provokes clergy with fresh set of provocative remarks | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times

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WikiLeaks cables suggest Burma is building secret nuclear sites | World news | guardian.co.uk

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The Great Will,Healthcare and the American Political Melodrama

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In the recent column of The Great Will (TGW) ‘The case for engaged justices’, December 5, 2010 uses a case argued in February 2008 before the Supreme Court of Texas as his starting point for his argument that the recent health care law is unconstitutional, and that this case is a relevant starting point for a legal action pursuant to its nullification. Continue reading

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New Statesman – Why the West Rules – For Now: the Patterns of History and What They Reveal About the Future

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FT.com / Comment / Opinion – A liberal realism lies behind Obama’s tax deal

A liberal realism lies behind Obama’s tax deal

William Galston

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