tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post4038811575363381252..comments2024-03-28T16:08:29.578-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: Alt-RealityKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-34719729111613645452016-08-29T14:14:22.593-04:002016-08-29T14:14:22.593-04:00"Obama, of course, is now diplomatically bomb..."Obama, of course, is now diplomatically bombing seven different countries. But the legend continues that he is some kind of weak pacifist."<br /><br />Very well written article. I think Obama is a poll-driven overt war pacifist, especially with war weary America. When it comes to covert wars, he is as born-again hard as Dick Cheney.Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-64544466340851138472016-08-29T13:36:23.871-04:002016-08-29T13:36:23.871-04:00E. J. Dionne is a case: a bright Rhodes scholar, t...E. J. Dionne is a case: a bright Rhodes scholar, the ultimate middleground liberal, close to the Catholic Church, and a fellow at the Brookings Institution. He's been writing consensus articles for the Washington Post for a very long time, their equivalent of the Times's Nicholas Kristof. His never-diminishing aspiration is Edward Hicks's vision, on canvas, of The Peaceable Kingdom. Truthdig, curiously or not-so-curiously, given Robert Scheer's unfailing directives close to the finish lines to stick with the lesser-of-two evils, has been printing his articles for years.<br /><br />Dionne's themes and tone are generally along the lines of what is, is good––or at least defensible, just so long as the establishment does it. He shakes his head at badass, divisive purists and preaches patience with the PTB and the isms doing us harm. Dionne is radical centrist ballast keeping Scheer's flagship Truthdig from tipping too far left with the likes of Chris Hedges and the occasional borrowing from TomDispatch or Paul Street. As a journalist Dionne jabs lightly, and always with good form; but he never unleashes a haymaker, effectively a lovable sheepdog in sheep's clothing within Scheer's fold.Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.com