Mario Vargas-Llosa is no man of the right, but even he worries about cultural amnesia: If culture is purely entertainment, nothing is of importance. If it’s a matter of amusement, an impostor can undoubtedly amuse me more than a profoundly authentic person. But if culture signifies more than this, then it’s worrying. And I believe […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Airbus and GM are both getting beaten like a drum by their competition. \u00a0At least Airbus admits government interference is part of the problem: But the fact that executives at Airbus concentrated so myopically on the A380 jumbo jet was also a product of politics at parent company EADS, where the French and German governments […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Conservative MP Dan Hannan lays out the reasons why Britain shouldn’t fear leaving the EU if a new relationship can’t be negotiated. \u00a0Where it’s liable to stick? Hardest of all is the issue of the single market. Almost everyone agrees that Britain should remain part of a European free trade area. The trouble is that […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

The Diplomat\u00a0takes us through the problems in calibrating your rhetoric to signal just the right level of commitment to both friends and enemies. Messaging with adversaries can be just as fraught with problems.\u00a0\u00a0Robert Dreyfuss\u2019 recent post\u00a0on how the United States and Iran managed to avoid a fracas over an air combat scrum in the Gulf […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Yes, it’s cold. \u00a0But without winter, we’d never get shots like this: Go look at the rest.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Mostly, and understanding that not much has really been resolved, and the President, like it or not (not), and despite promises that he’s “not gonna play that game again,” will have to negotiate with Congress over spending. Britain’s\u00a0The Commentator: Megaphone politics doesn\u2019t work and Obama should know this. Or at least he would if he […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Controlling only the House, Republicans will, for a little while at least, have to be satisfied with rear-guard actions against Obamacare, at least at the federal level. \u00a0But there is some small good news on that front. First, the CLASS Act, which was sold as reducing the deficit but would have ended up increasing it, […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n