The Pitiful, Lyrical, and Least of the Political
Everybody loves a winner, or so the saying goes. Little affectionate attention is left for those who come last, and this is especially true of the great political race that lies at the heart of modern representative democracies. These democracies [...]
The Market Personified
A friend of mine asked me a question: “if the free market is a person, what would the person be like?” Here is my answer. The market is the embodiment of everybody, in aggregate. The market is everyman, the most [...]
Asking Questions of Pilger’s Research
The beginning is a good place to start a story. The Euro-American attack on Libya has nothing to do with protecting anyone; only the terminally naive believe such nonsense. After the heading and sub-heading, that was the first line of [...]
UK Cut Loose
I used to be a leftie. The past tense is important; it does not denote a change to my values or beliefs, but it does denote a change of identity. Identity cannot be wholly negative. To have an identity, it [...]
Placating Placards
Like many distant observers of US politics, I was heartened by the Stewart-Colbert Rally for Sanity and/or Fear. These two presenters of topical comedy conspired to deliver a unique event: part-spoof of other rallies, part-statement in opposition to extremism, part-jamboree, [...]
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