27 October 2016 Bad For Business The US Presidential election is the only show in town. by J.R.Thomas If you are an American media mogul you must be very pleased with the way the Presidential campaigns are panning out. The three Presidential candidate debates might be horrific to the student of serious politics, but they… Continue reading Issue 77: 2016 10 27: Bad For Business (J R Thomas)
Tag: Republican
Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Roaming in the Gloaming (J.R. Thomas)
14 April 2016 Roaming in the Gloaming By J.R.Thomas From east coast to west, and even in the heartlands, it is the phony war. The contestants know the big battles are coming; the minor skirmishes of the past couple of weeks don’t matter too much – though losing them matters to The Donald, not one… Continue reading Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Roaming in the Gloaming (J.R. Thomas)
Issue 31: 2015 12 03: A Rising Star in the West
03 December 2015 A Rising Star in the West by J.R. Thomas An American reader of the Shaw Sheet has kindly drawn our attention to a quietly rising star in the Republican race for the presidential nomination. Ted Cruz is his name and one might be forgiven for overlooking him among the noisy boys… Continue reading Issue 31: 2015 12 03: A Rising Star in the West
Issue 24: 2015 10 15: Right on, Right Hon
15 October 2015 Right on, Right Hon by J.R.Thomas A branch tapping on the window, the dancing of flames from a decaying fire on the wall, the creaking of an unlatched door in the wind. Children see and hear things that scare them; but the grown-ups know that it is nothing. So where are the… Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15: Right on, Right Hon
Issue 22:2015 10 01:Speaker Cornered
01 October 2015 Speaker Cornered – the latest twist in the fight for the Republican Nomination by J.R.Thomas How the commentators all laughed at the idea that Donald Trump could possibly take his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination seriously, let alone that anybody else would. Light entertainment, they all said. A monstrous ego, having… Continue reading Issue 22:2015 10 01:Speaker Cornered
Issue 15: 2015 08 13:Leadership Matters
13 August 2015 Leadership Matters by J.R. Thomas On each side of the Atlantic the struggles continue. On the western side of the ocean, to edge ever nearer to being the possible leader of the free world in 2016; on the eastern side, a rather longer term play, to move towards becoming Her Majesty’s first… Continue reading Issue 15: 2015 08 13:Leadership Matters
Issue 11: 2015 07 16: All the President’s People
16 July 2015 All the President’s People by J R Thomas Imagine a horse race with only one runner, preening and prancing in front of the crowd. Then imagine another horse race with so many runners there aren’t enough starting stalls, and every neighbourhood donkey, pony and carthorse in the county is jostling around the… Continue reading Issue 11: 2015 07 16: All the President’s People
