Americans by and large long ago ceased understanding the economic underpinnings of their soft empire and its benefits. The most committed generally followed the Dow Jones number as an overall barometer while working out or eating dinner (not … [Continue reading]
Centrifugal Firecrackers
We happen to agree with Pat Lang that Pakistan always was a bad idea. It is, however, what it is. From the Hindu, India's online newspaper come reports of another lawyer uprising akin to last Spring's: Pakistan’s deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar … [Continue reading]
Popular (updated)
Why is Putinism so popular (over there and with Pat Buchanan)? Sergei Kovalev tries to explain and offers 5 possible reasons. We also didn't anticipate the high level of corruption in Yeltsin's government from top to bottom, or the … [Continue reading]
FSOs Into Iraq, Leaves In The Wind (updated)
Once more into the breech dear friends, once more! We're of two minds on this. On the one hand, drafting people without any requisite skills into Cher Condi's ruinous 'transformational' policy of democracy building in Iraq? On its face both absurd … [Continue reading]
Dandruff From The Top
Future historians tralling through the mountain of Rumsfeld memos fired off to staff (the infamous 'snowflakes') can be assured of at least one thing: Don Rumsfeld, as much as any of the Neocons, was obsessed with AgitProp. In an earlier, … [Continue reading]
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