#MorningMonarchy: September 1, 2017
Police PR, mosh pit opera and Ticketmaster Taylor + this day in history w/Flight 007 and our song of the day by Mastodon on your Morning Monarchy for September 1, 2017.
The Economist
Economist can’t handle the facts (about RT)
RT | January 21, 2017 Most economists are good with numbers. It is, after all, a prerequisite skill for the profession. Thus, it’s somewhat ironic that a publication called The Economist would be so inept with figures. However, it’s likely the numerical errors in their latest RT demolition piece are more the result of a […]
#MorningMonarchy: November 21, 2016
Real riots, filling the swamp and outside organizations + this day in history w/Columbine Mine massacre and our song of the day by Plastic Pinks on your Morning Monarchy for November 21, 2016.
A normal week in the British press
Irrusianality | October 22, 2016 Probably the most influential weekly political magazines in the United Kingdom are The Economist, The Spectator, and The New Statesman. All have published their latest editions in the last couple of days. Here are the results. Putin’s ‘winning in propaganda’ it says at the bottom of The Spectator’s cover. I […]
Time To Stop Laughing At Trump's Buffoonishness?
The Economist's Global Forecasting Service is not talking the Trump Freak Show as a joke. This week, in an assessment of global risks, a Trump presidency rants between a European Union breakup and the tide of jihadi terrorism destabilizing the global economy.
Anarchism and Communism in Cuba
Political economy is more often than not depicted as a Left-Right bifurcation. This is too simplistic. It overlooks the difference between, on the one hand, right-wingers such as the Conservatives, Labour Party, and Liberal Democrats from, on the other hand, the far Right British National Party in the United Kingdom. It also omits the differences on the Left, for example, between Communists and anarchists.
Willful Ignorance-- A Problem For Representative Democracy?
On Wednesday, Ken pointed out that more Louisiana Republicans blame Obama for the poor response to Hurricane Katrina than blame George W. Bush, 29-28%-- with another 44% "unsure." Perhaps most Louisiana Republicans didn't recall that they had never heard of Barack Obama in 2005 when Katrina struck. At the time he had been a U.S. senator for a few months. "Oh my God," I thought when I heard about this; "are these people voting?