John Quiggin

Another Monday Message Board.

The New York Times has a thumb-sucker about the rise of the European far right, which would greatly mislead anyone not up with the facts.

Last week, on 9 September, Donald Trump promised that, if the Republicans retained their Congressional majorities in the November elections, he would send $5000 to every adult American citizen.

Another Monday Message Board.

… but that won’t change any minds It’s now six months since the US-Israel war on Iran began with air attacks which killed the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei as well as around 200 schoolchildren.

I wrote this post a couple of weeks ago, responding to a challenge* to write about the economic aspects of Taylor Swift.

Another Monday Message Board.

Yesterday, on my Substack Newsletter, I ran my first gimmick promotion for the Brisbane to Gold Coast Ride against Cancer [1].

How Hegsethian heroes destroyed themselves and their entire civilisation I haven’t yet seen the Odyssey film[1], but reviews mention a minor obsession of mine, the Late Bronze Age collapse and the ensuing Greek Dark Age.

Another Monday Message Board.

Another Monday Message Board.

Another Monday Message Board.

My son Daniel points me to a piece by Nate Silver which announces the discovery that highly educated workers with low or precarious income are the natural constituency of the Democratic Socialists of America.

As I observed last year, the statement that “The cemeteries are full of indispensable people.” is just as true of nations, and in particular the US.