This week’s articles of note
“The end of history man,” Financial Times [Francis Fukuyama interviewed by Martin Wolf]
“The future of innovation: can America keep pace?” Time, by Fareed Zakaria
“Excuses, excuses: a litany of special factors exposes the recovery’s fragility,” The Economist
“Everything you’ve heard about fossil fuels may be wrong,” Salon, by Michael ...
My review of The Social Animal is published in Sweden
Voltaire, a Sweden-based political/cultural online magazine, has re-published my review of David Brooks’ The Social Animal.
If you can read Swedish, you can read it here.
The “Mediscare” election: both parties are running on fear
Last week the Democrats scored an upset victory in a special election in New York’s 26th district, which encompasses the upstate territory between Buffalo and Rochester. Republicans were supposed to be on the upswing since the midterm elections held just six months ago, and the seat has been Republican since ...
This week’s articles of note
“The Osama Bin Laden exception,” Salon, by Glenn Greenwald
“Jerry Brown’s last stand,” New York Times Magazine, by Adam Nagourney
“The 4 percent solution: promoting growth, not reducing debt, is the key to restoring prosperity,” National Review, by James K. Glassman
“Top green admits: ‘We are lost!’,” The American ...
Ai Weiwei Sculpture in New York
Yesterday saw the unveiling of a magnificent bronze sculpture by Ai Weiwei in New York, his first major public installation in the US.
“Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads” is at the Pulitzer Fountain in front of The Plaza Hotel, close to the Southeast entrance to Central Park. Weiwei is the renowned artist and social activist ...
The killing of bin Laden and the American response
The reaction in America to the news that Osama bin Laden was killed by US commandos is not what it seems from the media reports.
The TV images have focused on the groups of people waving flags and shouting ...
This week’s articles of note
“The consequentialist: how the Arab spring remade Obama’s foreign policy,” The New Yorker, by Ryan Lizza
“Obama’s 2012 paradox,” National Journal, by Ron Brownstein
“What’s wrong with America’s economy?” The Economist
“What’s left of the left: Paul Krugman’s lonely crusade,” New York, by Benjamin Wallace-Wells
“Milwaukee’s best no longer,” ...
The Birthers
I was in a diner in Scranton, Pennsylvania last night, when an older man in the booth two down from ours was speaking somewhat loudly to a woman who I guessed was his daughter. “I’ve decided to challenge his citizenship,” he said, with “his” referring to President Obama’s. “But I know it comes ...
On vacation this week
Will return April 25th.
This week’s articles of note
“False pretense for war in Libya?” The Boston Globe, by Alan J. Kuperman
“This tech bubble is different,” Bloomberg Businessweek, by Ashlee Vance
“The management myth,” The Atlantic, by Matthew Stewart
“In praise of Marx,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, by Terry Eagleton
“Twin lessons: Have more kids. Pay ...
ABOUT SEAN COLLINS
I write about American current affairs for Spiked, the online magazine. I am a native New Yorker, and I divide my time between New York City and upstate New York.
In addition to articles for Spiked, The Australian and other publications, I contributed an essay, "BDS: Demonizing Israel, Destroying Free Speech," for the book Unsafe Space: The Crisis of Free Speech on Campus (2016). I also wrote a chapter on New York City's economy for the book London After Recession: A Fictitious Capital? (2012).
My writings have been cited in American Conservative, Arts & Letters Daily, the Financial Times, Fox News, the Huffington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, the New York Times, Real Clear Politics, and the Times of London, among other media.
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