Gwynne Dyer — Jun 17 2023 Gwynne Dyer is a UK-based Canadian journalist and historian who writes about international affairs. OPINION: We’re going to miss them, the populist ‘big beasts’ now they’re gone. Who will now tell us that “Voting Conservative will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Is Populist Politics Past Its Peak? (Or Jumping The Shark?)
Donald Trump is not the first president Asa Hutchinson wanted, and tried, to take down. Nor, I will contend, is he even the second. Will the third (or fourth?) time be the charm for the man we could dub the Arkansas Charger?
Ukraine: The counteroffensive begins By Gwynne DyerJune 14, 2023 The furious speculation on whether the Ukrainian counteroffensive will succeed has been ongoing for several months already, so the first thing I must tell you is that I don’t know. Nobody knows, not even the Ukrainians. They know that the big prize is a southward offensive … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Begins: How Will It Turn Out?
New York Times, June 13, 2023 50 Years of Republican history in a convincing, chilling thumbnail Why have only a few elected Republican officials rejected Trump? Columnist Jamelle Bouie highlights scholarly views that “strong loyalty to an institution like a political party might lead a dissenting or disapproving individual to hold on to his … Continue reading Jamelle Bouie Nails the GOP’s Criminality & Contempt for Law & the Constitution
