Notes on the News

By Gwydion M. Williams From Russia, With Scorn Shallow Democracy China’s Successful Leninism Snippets You know nothing, Bill Gates Replacement Americans Sad With Libertarian Freedoms Swiss Remain Human From Russia, With Scorn (Written before the terrorist attack of 22 March.) Making an enemy of post-Soviet Russia was a massive error by the New Right. Proof … Continue reading Notes on the News

Notes on the News

By Gwydion M. Williams Hard Right, Faded Left India Rising Snippets Bill Gates Goes to China Kosovo – Punishing Serbs Pro-Western Russians Hate Each Other Unwanted Afghans China – Solid Politics? More Illiberalism Hard Right, Faded Left Tony Blair persuaded Labour that we should drop our traditional commitment that the state could and should help … Continue reading Notes on the News

Multi-Millionaires — Who are they?

By Gwydion M. Williams Do millionaires earn their money through skill and hard work?  Millionaires certainly think so.  Likewise their right-wing boosters.  But just look at the sums involved: it is hard to believe that they deserve that much.  Could anyone be hundreds of times better than the rest of us? A Briton making £100,000 a year might indeed have earned … Continue reading Multi-Millionaires — Who are they?