Category Archives: Government

Beirut was worse than Kabul, Why is this even a question?

Posted on November 6, 2022 by lawrence serewicz

The fall of Kabul in 2021 after 20 years of war, unleashed a torrent of commentary.  A significant amount of which was intellectually dishonest rhetoric about whether the airport evacuation was a failure and whether it would have an adverse effect … Continue reading →

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How the documentary Hoaxed manipulated Black Lives Matter.

Posted on May 17, 2020 by lawrence serewicz

The film Hoaxed claims to be a documentary that tells the truth about the media and fake news. One part of the film looks at how the media covers racial violence. The directors and Mr Cernovich, though, want to look … Continue reading →

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Has Donald Trump’s Thabo Mbeki moment arrived?

Posted on March 6, 2020 by lawrence serewicz

Donald Trump comments about coronavirus have sowed doubt and confusion within the public. He has suggested that there are mild cases and that people could return to work in such a condition or recover from it without realising that they … Continue reading →

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Did Sarah Sanders lie to the Special Counsel?

Posted on April 21, 2019 by lawrence serewicz

To serve Trump, Sarah Sanders lied repeatedly about James Comey having lost the confidence of the rank and file FBI. Despite her claim that it was a “slip of the tongue” utter in the “heat of the moment”, it was, … Continue reading →

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Trump and Judgement at Nuremberg

Posted on April 19, 2019 by lawrence serewicz

The film Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) is a powerful historical courtroom drama based loosely on the trial of the Nazi Judges. The film focuses on Spencer Tracy as Judge Dan Haywood a rock-ribbed Republican who, while not the first choice … Continue reading →

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A legitimate president knows “Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.”

Posted on November 4, 2017 by lawrence serewicz

Over the past year, we have been treated to, or rather forced to endure, the unsavoury aspects of a president’s personality. Over the past year, we have tweets and public statements that show us something that is usually hidden. We … Continue reading →

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Of course, the Queen wants Brexit.

Posted on May 9, 2017 by lawrence serewicz

If we read Aristotle, his effort to insist that the function of political science is to describe accurately the regime we are talking about or living in, it becomes clear that the most dangerous thing we can do sometimes is … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Michael Anton and Leo Strauss’ Machiavelli

Posted on May 3, 2017 by lawrence serewicz

In a recent interview, Mr Anton said that he knew “Nick”, his short hand for Niccolo Machiavelli, for over 30 years. He qualified his support by saying he followed the Leo Strauss’ Machiavelli.[1] For his interviewer, this made sense. Leo … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Syrian missile strike was a strategic blunder with Xi

Posted on April 16, 2017 by lawrence serewicz

Dedicated to the memory of Dean Rusk; a Southern gentleman, an American patriot, and a public servant who understood what is at stake with China. In statecraft, there are three types of blunders or sins. Two are punished and one … Continue reading →

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To salvage his presidency Trump must defeat himself to escape the wilderness of mirrors

Posted on April 14, 2017 by lawrence serewicz

Rick Wilson has written something that every member of the Trump White House, including Trump, needs to read.[1] They need to read this if they want to salvage Trump’s presidency. Unlike Mr Wilson, I believe that the Trump presidency can … Continue reading →

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