Author: Dave Brockington
I'm on the road so off the grid not infrequently, but I've settled down for a couple days in time to see the new Economist / YouGov poll on attitudes.
William Keegan draws some chilling parallels in The Observer today. Broadly in agreement, Left Foot Forward offers evidence suggesting that the emergency budget is hurting the economy. Troubling to me.
When you're on Iran's death-row, which has seemingly been convinced to upgrade their standards of decency to the level exercised by my home state of Washington, at least in terms.
Dan Rostenkowski, 1928-2010. The quintessential Chicago pol.
has been avoided for the 21st Century, in a comical manner. Last night as I went to sleep, I was informed by BBC Radio 4 that the coalition government was.
Finally, something the PM and I agree on. I especially like the comparison regarding French intransigence regarding the UK's membership in the 1960s and their same position today regarding Turkey.
Something that I and other colleagues have noted at institutions similar to my current employer is that there seems to be an omnipresent implied, when not explicit, anti-intellectual current defining.
and, no, this is not about the regrettable Polanski affair. I'm befuddled and bemused by that one. This, on the other hand, makes obvious sense: LGM's favorite ex-Governor of Alaska.