First, I want to follow up on this: “I am due to have a conversation with a friend that lives in Denmark tomorrow and I’m going to ask him about energy prices.” His reply, and I paraphrase as I did not record it or take notes: “if we still had to make our house payment, […]
diplomacy
In 1936 Dale Carnegie published his seminal self-help work, “How to Win Friends and Influence People.” As a book dedicated purely to interpersonal relations I read it in my late-teens early-twenties and took a few damn good lessons away from it. But, I’m not writing today to discuss Dale Carnegie. I’m here to write the […]
Australian Prime Minister and part-time DJ, Anthony ‘Albo’ Albanese, has put on a brave face after being told that President Biden has booked the B-52’s for their up coming State dinner instead of Devo. ”Ah, look the B-52’s have had... Read More ›
By Katrina vanden Heuvel and James Carden / CounterPunch As 2023 unfolds, we fear that American policy will continue to be characterized by both mission creep and the absence of any sort of diplomatic engagement with Russia. Throughout the course of the war, the Biden administration has slowly, steadily, even stealthily increased America’s involvement. Calls […]
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This is a Skwawkbox edit of a guest post submitted by a Labour figure who asked to remain anonymous. Asked by journalists last week whether he would proscribe – outlaw – Momentum, Keir Starmer responded equivocally: That one is not for me. Of course, that is neither a denial nor an indicator that it’s not […]