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“‘The old life done.’”
A brief note to our readers. 2 August—We try hard at The Floutist to stay current, to publish often, and offer our readers insights and perspectives not found elsewhere. These past days it has been hard to keep up with our own…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Biden Regime Speaks
The New Yorker’s account of Biden administration officials’ dealings with Israel after Oct. 7, 2023, leaves one key “takeaway” — they lacked the guts or integrity to stop the Zionist terror machine. It didn’t have to come to this, but you…
“Graham Platner and the machines of power.”
The Floutist responds to its readers. 16 JULY—Many readers, scores, responded with exceptional insight to the piece we published after Graham Platner was forced to withdraw from the contest for a Maine Senate seat. We read the comment thread carefully,…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Return of Co-Existence
In Ankara this week, NATO committed to building its very own military industrial complex, pursuing the same “total security” doctrine that some Israelis, in their case, now see backfiring. Ezra Klein, one of the resident Zionists in The New York Times’ opinion section (or is everyone appearing…
“The political assassination of Graham Platner.”
The futility of change ‘from within.’ 10 JULY—The clearest things said about Graham Platner as he was forced to suspend his triumphantly buoyant campaign for a Maine Senate seat this week came from Graham Platner. Here is a little of what…
“In the West Bank, it’s a showdown now.”
“What we are talking about here is an Israeli establishment that is aiming at extermination of the Palestinian people. In every possible way. Not only in Gaza but in the West Bank.”— Mustafa Barghouti, interview, @MEEunapologetic 7 JULY—As Americans celebrated…
WATCH: TWTW — Still at War 250 Years Later
From the first attacks on Native Americans to the aggression on Iran, Americans have been at war, with perhaps the biggest one yet to come. Ray McGovern and Patrick Lawrence. Watch the replay. Guests: Ray McGovern and Patrick Lawrence. Host: Joe Lauria. Producer: Cathy Vogan Segments: A…
“Yankee Doodle Dandy is done and dying.”
Some notes on America at 250. 3 July—The semiology abroad these past days and weeks, as Americans prepared for the 4th—or have been prepared for it, I think is better put—has fascinated me. Amid all the images, the themes of…
“Let us now ‘embrace defeat.’”
Do this and we can begin ‘the transformation we have to make.’ 26 JUNE—I have been preoccupied with what I will call the quality of defeat for some years. By this I mean those benefits a people can derive from…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Only One Way Out for Trump
The question ahead of the latest summit with Netanyahu on Tuesday is what the U.S. president will lose — either a war, on the one hand, or on the other, the global economy and the American electorate. I was talking to…