Jack, I have been commenting (many might say obsessively) for sufficient time to have formed a very positive opinion about the quality and range of your writing.
The slight problem+for me is that the migration to Substack seems more apparent than real. Many journalists who have columns in the mainstream media now post on Substack too. What I’m getting to is I feel your writing really deserves a more traditional audience AS WELL, via, say, a bi-weekly column in the print media. Has that become rather passé as an aspiration?
+ in that I am deluged by Substack invitations to subscribe & I am a poor chooser.
Your observation “For other mid-sized peers….the more important issue is keeping America onside for as long as it takes to do rearmament.” had an ominous effect for me. Felt a bit like saying Chamberlain’s true intent during 1937-39 was to keep the central European theatre relatively quiescent by appeasing Hitler, whilst Britain rearmed. One hopes my analogy is both superficial & incidental only!
Nice one about Carney’s passport juggling and the reference to Labour’s NEC proclivities! But his “electric” & “languid” Davos speech? Maybe the latter in the delivery than in the reading of it?
Clear, thoughtful analysis. Very pleased you typed that a US invasion of Canada is unlikely. I trust your opinion.
In other news, are you building towards an article that is shorter than its combined footnotes? Just wondering
The footnotes are like that LP your favourite indie band only released in central/south east Europe.
Jack, I have been commenting (many might say obsessively) for sufficient time to have formed a very positive opinion about the quality and range of your writing.
The slight problem+for me is that the migration to Substack seems more apparent than real. Many journalists who have columns in the mainstream media now post on Substack too. What I’m getting to is I feel your writing really deserves a more traditional audience AS WELL, via, say, a bi-weekly column in the print media. Has that become rather passé as an aspiration?
+ in that I am deluged by Substack invitations to subscribe & I am a poor chooser.
Your observation “For other mid-sized peers….the more important issue is keeping America onside for as long as it takes to do rearmament.” had an ominous effect for me. Felt a bit like saying Chamberlain’s true intent during 1937-39 was to keep the central European theatre relatively quiescent by appeasing Hitler, whilst Britain rearmed. One hopes my analogy is both superficial & incidental only!
Nice one about Carney’s passport juggling and the reference to Labour’s NEC proclivities! But his “electric” & “languid” Davos speech? Maybe the latter in the delivery than in the reading of it?