Harris’s Triumph, Trump’s Debacle
By any reasonable measure it was a massacre. Overall, Kamala Harris performed brilliantly, under enormous pressure. She spoke lucidly, fluidly, convincingly, eloquently. She did not let Donald Trump fluster her. […]
Outsiders in an Age of Turmoil: Eilenberger on Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil
Review: Wolfram Eilenberger, Shaun Whiteside (translator), The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times (Penguin Press) The years from 1933 to 1943 constitute among […]
The Self-Diminished French Left
The French left is now doomed to opposition for the foreseeable future. This is perhaps not the worst place to be, given the fractious nature of the new minority-majority, which […]
David Bell – Back at the Starting Line
So where do things stand? After some of the most dramatic events in recent American history—the Biden-Trump debate, the assassination attempt, Biden’s exit from the race, and Kamala Harris’s […]
Barnum and Bailey, er, Make that Barnier and Bailey
Yes, indeed, the process of nominating a prime minister in France has been a rollicking circus worthy of Barnum and Bailey, and the nomination this morning of Michel Barnier therefore […]
Philippic
Édouard Philippe announced yesterday that he is running for president, although the election is still almost three years away. Or is it? As the seriousness of the current political impasse […]
Impasse
The “Olympic truce” did nothing to clarify the French political situation. Now that President Macron has definitively rejected the New Popular Front’s prime minister-designate, Lucie Castets, an epidemic of bad […]
David Bell – Harris in the Lead, But For How Long?
Since Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race, the revival of the Democratic Party has defied virtually all expectations. Vice-President Kamala Harris quickly and skillfully united the Democrats behind her, […]
Author Response: Book Forum, The Meddlers, by Jamie Martin
** This is Jamie Martin’s author response to our forum on his recent book The Meddlers: Sovereignty, Empire, and the Birth of Global Economic Governance.** It’s a great honor and privilege […]
Coordinating commodity production then and now: will this time be different?
** This is the third of three reviews of Jamie Martin’s The Meddlers: Sovereignty, Empire, and the Birth of Global Economic Governance. Each day this week one review will be published, and […]