Tag Archives: Reaganism

Trump wins again! And years of lying and greed from neo-liberals fuelled his comeback.

There are many justified condemnations of Donald Trump, one is narcissism. So, in that vein, let’s talk about wee auld me first. I look to keep any piece I write on this blog at a thousand words or less. Even … Continue reading

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We blew it.

Leonard Cohen once prophesied ‘Democracy is coming, to the USA’. But despite its lyrical brilliance I highly doubt he would have pictured Donald Trump ever becoming America’s president when ‘Democracy’ was penned twenty-five years ago. I recognise there’s something macabre … Continue reading

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Narcos – a lesson in the necessity of myopia and hypocrisy

If, like me, you’re over the age of thirty, you may remember seeing the news of Pablo Escobar’s death on the telly. Perhaps, if like me, you were young at the time, it and his significance may not have had … Continue reading

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