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Lateral deference, Congress and cowardice: Tu Stultus Es
After recent developments in the conflict between Israel, Iran and America, a lesson in Latin might help, moderated by an 18th century French philosoph…
Jun 23
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YOLO, or YOYO? Liberty and justice – and paradox
The American Dream – indeed the dream of much of the world – isn’t working for the younger generations, so we’re told.
Jun 16
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YOLO, or YOYO? Liberty and justice – and paradox
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May 2025
O! Canada! – Optimistic that the Carney government can thrive? We can hope
The biggest unsung “success” in Donald Trump’s second “first 100 days” in office is possibly this: He’s breathed new life into discussions about…
May 6
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O! Canada! – Optimistic that the Carney government can thrive? We can hope
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April 2025
History in the (re-)making in Trump’s White House
Amid the flurry of policy initiatives that the Trump White House has enacted in its first one hundred days, I have seen little mention of one particular…
Apr 28
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History in the (re-)making in Trump’s White House
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Notes from New Washington (4) – a ‘tariff-free’ zone
More things you may have missed in the avalanche of news from in and around the Trump White House.
Apr 23
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Notes from New Washington (4) – a ‘tariff-free’ zone
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March 2025
Notes from New Washington (3): war on words
More things you may have missed in the onslaught of nonsense in Washington, DC
Mar 21
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Notes from New Washington (2)
More occasional dispatches – things you might have missed in during the blizzard on the governance battlefield otherwise known as Washington, DC.
Mar 13
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Just wars (2) – Personal stories: my Vietnam, my Kyiv, my dad
Three years after Russia invaded Ukraine in the latest conflict, it’s a stalemate.
Mar 10
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Just wars (2) – Personal stories: my Vietnam, my Kyiv, my dad
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Notes from New Washington
Occasional dispatches about the governance battlefield otherwise known as Washington, DC
Mar 5
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Just wars (1) – Civility on the battlefield and in the Oval Office
A ‘day of American infamy’?
Mar 3
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February 2025
Welcome to New Washington
Correction: The Department of Government Efficiency did not rename itself the Office of Government Efficiency, as a post here claimed.
Feb 11
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January 2025
DEI – what’s it FOR?
Since I wrote a piece last month about the retreat of mainly American companies from the mantra of diversity, equity and inclusion, many more companies…
Jan 20
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