Screengrab from the Mariinsky website I’m an admirer of Gilbert Doctorow. Fluent in English and Russian, his profile tells us he is: … an independent political analyst based in Brussels. He chose this third career of ‘public intellectual’ after finishing … Read More »
Caitlin Johnstone today: I feel like we haven’t been talking enough about the fact that US government agencies were just caught intimately collaborating with massive online platforms to censor content in the name of regulating the “cognitive infrastructure” of society. … Read More »
What good am I then, to others and me, If I’ve had every chance and yet still fail to see? If my hands are tied, must I not wonder within, Who tied them and why, and where must I have … Read More »
Sometimes I feature pieces whose authors’ worldviews differ significantly from mine. Take the last post but one, in which Richard Murphy’s starting point is that all-mouth-and-no-trousers speech by the UK’s newly imposed but terminally ailing PM. From there he goes … Read More »
Guardian headline, October 5, 2022 There is some growth that is natural. Children grow. That’s good news. So do cancers. That’s not good. Any discussion on growth has to say what growth is desired. Richard Murphy, below * For a … Read More »