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Out on the left bank of the spirit (Part II)
When the intellectuals became celebrities and women swooned. On October 29, 1945, Jean-Paul Sartre gave a lecture at Club Maintenant in...

David Matthews
Nov 13, 201916 min read
Out on the left bank of the spirit (Part I)
Paris in the 1940s. Occupation. Resistance. Liberation, existentialism, jazz. Cafés and hotel rooms were hotbeds of intellectual,...

David Matthews
Nov 11, 201913 min read
Iran, Graham, Bharara…and horrifying ellipsis…
Am I the only one who is puzzled by the characterization of Iran's nuclear enrichment activities as violations of the nuclear accord?...

David Matthews
Nov 7, 20193 min read
Profiles in genius
Once again President Neville Chamberlain Trump has astounded himself with his strategic genius, mastery of the diplomatic arts, and...

David Matthews
Oct 30, 20194 min read
Somewhat belated and highly subjective impressions from Tuesday's debate
Commentary about Tuesday's debate was delayed when a vicious cold laid me low. It began with a sore throat that came on Tuesday afternoon...

David Matthews
Oct 18, 20196 min read


Impeachment March
My thought upon first seeing an announcement about yesterday's impeachment march was that I would attend more in the spirit of being an...

David Matthews
Oct 14, 20194 min read
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