Category Archives: Politics

The Pitch for the Soul of America

Posted on November 12, 2012 by davidsberry

The weekend’s ‘dead tree media’ the length of the States is replete with analysis on the unexpectedly complete victory for Obama and his party. The totality offers cold comfort to either Mitt Romney or the Republicans he led for an … Continue reading →

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Alastair’s My Darling

Posted on November 10, 2012 by davidsberry

There are few more prestigious lectures in Scotland than the John P. Mackintosh Memorial Lecture, usually hosted annually alternating between the University of Edinburgh’ magnificent Playfair Library and Haddington’s equally splendid St Mary’s Church, It is prestigious not because John … Continue reading →

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Senate Moves Toward Balance

Posted on November 9, 2012 by davidsberry

For all the ups an downs of the US elections, the money spent, the people alienated and the egos brusied, the overall feeling in the US seems to be one of progress. That may be because national media is based … Continue reading →

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Stemming the Mormon Conquest

Posted on November 7, 2012 by davidsberry

Yesterday was historic for a number of reasons: Obama secured a solid win that gives him a second term that many had written off; his ‘coat tails’ and Republican intransigence combined to sweep a number of senate seats into the … Continue reading →

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Mitt Must Learn from His Daddy

Posted on November 4, 2012 by davidsberry

Almost half a century ago, in 1964, Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater spoke candidly about the possibility of nuclear warfare in Vietnam and of mining the harbors in Hanoi. The uproar was instantaneous, and the conservative Arizona senator struggled to … Continue reading →

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Letter to the Editor

Posted on November 2, 2012 by davidsberry

At last enjoying the sweet city living of San Francisco’s Noe Valley, I sauntered over to Martha’s Coffee Shop this afternoon to enjoy a leisurely latte in the sunshine outdoors but spluttered half of it all over the Washington Post … Continue reading →

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The Gloves Are Off

Posted on November 1, 2012 by davidsberry

It’s not yet six but I’m wide awake from the early J-Church street cars rumbling by outside. Yesterday went better than it might. Though it involved three flights, four time zones and eighteen hours of travel, on the plus side, … Continue reading →

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In the Thick of It

Posted on October 23, 2012 by davidsberry

Appreciative as I am of regular readers calling in on this blog and gracing it with their comments, I give notice that the pretty steady regularity of more than a blog every other day for the last two years might … Continue reading →

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Who Are They Kidding?

Posted on October 22, 2012 by davidsberry

The publication last week of the RUSI Study of defence in an independent Scotland  should have been seen—even by unionists—as a reference point for a decent debate. Instead, former UK Defence Secretary has joined with Jim Murphy, Philip Hammond and … Continue reading →

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Perth Conference—Day 3

Posted on October 21, 2012 by davidsberry

The problem with the best conference schedule is that it never allows for all the late-running fringe, subsequent social chats, rolling up ad hoc groups who then go to dinner and then winding up righting the wrongs of the world … Continue reading →

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