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John R. MacArthur

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“Small” Disasters

“The damage done to Kyiv and Mariupol is visible to the naked eye, but many other horrors continue in the shadows when a big crisis takes over the media.”
by , on April 12, 2022

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The Fate of Ukraine

While I am one of the critics who saw NATO expansion into former Soviet bloc countries as a dangerous provocation to Vladimir Putin, I’m stunned by his savagery, and by…

by , on March 16, 2022
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Barbarism

“The barbarians of January 6 clearly had no idea what they wanted to achieve. It was a matter of fierce resentment boiling over—what philosopher Jacques Rancière calls ‘shared hating.’”
by , on February 19, 2022

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“Le Monde” of Today

“How best to respond to the threat from the extreme right, given the sudden rise of Zemmour, whose level of support verges on 14 percent?” Read More

by , on January 29, 2022
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Hypocrisy

“I’m sure a good number of people found that scene to be amusing and saw Biden’s little doze as an apt illustration of the President’s difficulties in achieving his aims.”…

by , on December 18, 2021
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Biden Turns Trumpist on Tariffs

“How to explain the Democrats’ sudden switch from free-trade dogma to free-trade restrictions?” Read More

by , on November 12, 2021
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Six Minutes of Silence

I would have preferred those few moments of silent reflection to be multiplied by ten, if only to encourage the political and media leadership to shut up and think about…

by , on October 14, 2021