Month: October 2019

“With all of that being said, we like the Kurds.”

“With all of that being said, we like the Kurds.”

(Image of Calais Jungle in France, from Shutterstock.com) ================================================= William Shakespeare, from Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1: “Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war. . . .” And then, as Donald Trump would say, “We’ll see what happens!” Shortly after the invasion 

Populism v. Democracy

Populism v. Democracy

France in the 1950s. A postwar boom. The nation pulled into the modern world under the auspices of dirigisme (directed economic investment, encouragement of mergers in key sectors), a middle way between laissez-faire and communist central planning. Pressure against the small family business, the Mom