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Trump Barters for Borders – and Wins

Posted on June 24, 2019 by leslie

Trump Barters for Borders – and Wins by Ilana Mercer If President Trump doesn’t waver, his border deal with Mexico will be a victory. The Mexicans have agreed to quit serving as conduits to hundreds of thousands of central Americans … Continue reading →

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Behold, Fake History

Posted on October 18, 2018 by leslie

Behold, Fake History Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream, Sarah Churchwell, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018, £20, 356 pp., h.b., reviewed by Leslie Jones According to Sarah Churchwell, Professor of American Literature in the School of Advanced … Continue reading →

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Trashing Populism

Posted on April 17, 2018 by leslie

Trashing Populism by Ilana Mercer To say that academic elites don’t like ordinary folks is to state the obvious. To them, Lanford, Illinois—the fictional, archetypal, working-class town, made famous by Roseanne and Dan Conner—is not to be listened to, but … Continue reading →

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King of New York

Posted on April 26, 2017 by leslie

King of New York Thomas O. Meehan deconstructs the Donald President Trump represents a negative Stupor Mundi to much of the world. Paradoxically, this is not because the American press cannot understand him but because they have so much in … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Churchill Moment

Posted on October 11, 2016 by leslie

Trump’s Churchill Moment Stephen Michael MacLean pursues an instructive parallel Donald Trump ‘explained’ Churchill to me. And, after the first Trump-Clinton presidential debate, Churchill reciprocated the favour. The fame of Sir Winston Churchill, who served in several Cabinet offices and … Continue reading →

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