American capitalism transformed the lives of millions and thereby did a good job for the majority. Arguably, happiness seems to have peaked in the 1950s. But now the system has clearly become self-serving, exploitative and unfit for purpose, creating massive wealth disparities and harming young people in particular with its employment policies. It has been …
It is now clear that Dr, Thomas Hofeller—who has been called “the Michelangelo of gerrymandering”— was the author of the idea of adding the citizenship question to the 2020 US census in order to create redistricting rules that would be “advantageous to Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites.”? He conducted research showing that the citizenship question would significantly harm the political power of Latino communities. This is part of …
Prime Minister Teresa May has called the visit of President Trump to London “a significant week for the special relationship and an opportunity to further strengthen our already close partnership”. She stressed the need to build closer trading ties (she is a out to depart, unmourned). Trump’s US ambassador in the UK, Woody Johnson, has …
During the Battle of Agincourt, the “humble and effective English longbow made short work of the expensive and vulnerable French cavalry”. Is America at risk of suffering the same sort of military humiliation? Christian Brose, the former staff director of the Senate armed services committee, believes so. The traditional model of US power – based …
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Jacob Rees-Mogg is a very rich Conservative Brexiteer politician (who has parked his fortune in an offshore tax haven to demonstrate his patriotism. (Irony intended). He has quaint ideas about “making Britain great again”. The following is a review of his book on British 19th Century history. The views of the reviewer seem to be shared …
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