Obama and The Republican Identity Crisis, by Renford Reese

You are now familiar with my distinguished friend, Professor Renford Reese, whom I met in 1999 and keep considering a really special thinker and political scientist. One of his recent papers on my blog about President Obama made a real buzz, and so did an earlier paper about Ted Kennedy and Michael Jackson. As usual, Renford is both … Continue reading Obama and The Republican Identity Crisis, by Renford Reese

Freud, Lacan, au secours…sommes-nous tous les enfants de DSK?

J'arrivais à la conclusion dans mon dernier papier que nous allions nous réveiller de ce mauvais rêve...Il semble que non...et pour paraphraser Verlaine, j'ai fait ce rêve étrange et pénétrant...qu'il me faut vous narrer. Je ne sais pas ce qu'il en est pour vous, mais personnellement, grâce à une couverture médiatique constante, mon imagination a continué … Continue reading Freud, Lacan, au secours…sommes-nous tous les enfants de DSK?

The “Dérapage”, l’alphabet du “DSK d’école”, the scarlet letters

Words fail at restituting the surprise, emotion, disbelief we, cosmopolitan citizens, have experienced this week . An accident of life which will certainly remain as one of the juiciest stories in our contemporary era. Lewinsky's blow job seems so benign, OJ Simpson's so banal, Miterrand's daughter raised with the french tax-payer's money in a perfect … Continue reading The “Dérapage”, l’alphabet du “DSK d’école”, the scarlet letters

On Yom Hashoah and Labour Day 2011 a voice from the past

Today is a rather unique day in history....let's celebrate it the Cosmo Way. While Pope John Paul is being Beatified* millions of victims of the holocaust remembered and Labour forces celebrated in what is interestingly enough an Irish (well I heard some say it's more glaswegian) version of the Internationale, I chose a text from the … Continue reading On Yom Hashoah and Labour Day 2011 a voice from the past