The Confirmation of Trumpism
The accusations against Brett Kavanaugh—and his angry, defiant response—have made him a fitting champion for the party of Trump.
Adam Serwer | The Atlantic
On a Friday evening in 1991, Clarence Thomas’ nomination was in trouble. Anita Hill’s sober, matter-of-fact demeanor during her testimony that Thomas had sexually harassed her during their time at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had been inconsistent with the conservative campaign to paint her as an emotionally unstable, and perhaps romantically spurned, liar. Now it was Thomas’s turn to respond.
In Strange Justice, their chronicle of the battle over Thomas’ nomination, Jill Abramson and Jane Mayer wrote that Thomas paced back and forth in the office of his benefactor, Senator John Danforth. He told Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah that he didn’t believe he was going to make it. “Yes, you are,” Hatch told Thomas, “but it’s going to be close.” Continue reading →
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The truth is that Trump has a point about globalisation
By Larry Elliott – Wed 26 Sep 2018 – The Guardian
The president’s belief that the nation state can cure economic ills is not without merit
Photo: ‘The stupendous growth posted by China over 40 years has been the result of doing the opposite of what the globalisation textbooks recommend.’ AFP/Getty Images
Once every three years the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank hold their annual meetings out of town. Instead of schlepping over to Washington, the gathering of finance ministers and central bank governors is hosted by a member state. Ever since the 2000 meeting in Prague was besieged by anti-globalisation rioters, the away fixtures have tended to be held in places that are hard to get to or where the regime tends to take a dim view of protest: Singapore, Turkey, Peru. Continue reading →
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The truth is that Trump has a point about globalization – By Larry Elliott – The Guardian
The truth is that Trump has a point about globalisation
By Larry Elliott – Wed 26 Sep 2018 – The Guardian
The president’s belief that the nation state can cure economic ills is not without merit
Once every three years the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank hold their annual meetings out of town. Instead of schlepping over to Washington, the gathering of finance ministers and central bank governors is hosted by a member state. Ever since the 2000 meeting in Prague was besieged by anti-globalisation rioters, the away fixtures have tended to be held in places that are hard to get to or where the regime tends to take a dim view of protest: Singapore, Turkey, Peru. Continue reading →
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