In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death, there is a frenzied competition to replace him as the face of the young American right. Nick Fuentes, who largely built his following by trolling Charlie Kirk for his support of immigration and Israel, seems to be the biggest immediate beneficiary. The Bulwark has a good backgrounder on […]
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By Nat Wilson Turner In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, I’ve been following the American right especially closely. I want to share two responses that I initially found surprisingly sensible and reassuring, and one response that is appalling in its shamelessness, vile almost beyond belief. And even the second response ultimately left me chilled […]
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – September 21, 2025 by Tony Wikrent Trump not violating any law ‘He who saves his Country does not violate any Law’ Trump Stuns By Saying ‘I Don’t Know’ When Asked Directly NBC’s Kristen Welker ‘Don’t You Need to Uphold the Constitution?’ Joe DePaolo, May 4th, 2025 [mediaite.com] A […]
Not altogether… I stopped updating my blog Conscious Entities some time ago after many years of posts and discussion. I have no plans to reinstate it in any of its earlier forms, but I should like an edited version of some of the content to be accessible in the longer term. I’m thinking about how … More Not Gone
By Nat Wilson Turner Former POTUS Barack Obama tweeted about the firing of late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel: This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents. […]
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by Tony Wikrent Strategic Political Economy Process knowledge is crucial to economic development Henry Farrell, Sep 02, 2025 [Programmable Mutter, via The Big Picture, September 12, 2025] … I’m fascinated by process knowledge and manufacturing because I spent a chunk of the late 1990s talking to manufacturers in Bologna and Baden-Wurttemberg for my Ph.D. dissertation. I […]
Paul McCartney has more reason to be in the Los Angeles area than just attending an Oasis concert in Pasadena this past weekend. An informed source tells Beatlefan that Macca actually has been in L.A. off and on since early … Continue reading