I remember the insults thrown at France after Chirac refused to go along with the Iraq war. Remember freedom fries? Couple of years later and it was all forgotten. (View Post)

One of the reasons I booked a series of long train journeys for this summer, Paul Theroux style, was to get me back into reading a book every few days. As it happens I’ve started back up months ahead… (View Post)

There’s something else to consider: Trump is inoculating the rest of the West against far right populism. Long may that continue. Same as the state failure of late communist USSR and more recently Cu… (View Post)

I think you can divide the world into those who are embarrassed when “their people” are obnoxious to others, and those who cheer it on or find it amusing. I had one of those epiphanies when Alan Clar… (View Post)

And that Trump started this war. A war of choice. Zelenskyy didn’t start the Ukraine invasion (unless Trump is reading some of those Telegram channels). (View Post)