George Blecher
The old man scores some points
George Blecher February 16 2023 The faith in American unanimity that Joe Biden expressed in this year’s State of the Union speech sounded...
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George Blecher
- Nov 15, 2022
- 7 min
It could have been worse
George Blecher 14 November 2022 The red tide never surged but the re-election of numerous brazen careerists and hardline crazies is bad...
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- Mar 14, 2022
- 7 min
In the shadow of Putin, Trump and a divided America
Amidst bipartisan solidarity with Ukraine, Joe Biden’s State of the Union address focused on unity and reconciliation. But in reality,...
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- Nov 19, 2020
- 7 min
Fragments from a broken mirror
Pessimists fear that the Trump phenomenon has not so much derailed American democracy as revealed long-standing problems in the system...
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- Nov 2, 2020
- 7 min
A shining city on a hill. What if anything can American values teach a free Belarus?
The United States may not be the best model for a fledgling democracy looking for fresh values. America’s values have never been as pure...
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- Apr 22, 2020
- 7 min
The Confused States of America
The first month of the pandemic in the US The Trump administration’s failing response to COVID-19 has prompted governors and mayors to...
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- Feb 12, 2020
- 7 min
Torn-Up Texts and Mini Mike
Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address In the midst of a predictably partisan impeachment trial, Donald Trump said not a word about the...
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- Jan 21, 2020
- 13 min
The Shelf-Life of Democracies
An interview with George Blecher on US politics in the age of Trump George Blecher Adam Reichardt Media acceleration puts enormous...
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- Feb 13, 2019
- 8 min
Old Soldiers and Women in White
Donald Trump’s achievements thus far have been rhetorical. But whether Democrats can take advantage of his weakness remains doubtful....
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- Jul 3, 2018
- 7 min
Michael Bloomberg and the US Presidency: A Sign of the Times?
As Donald Trump appals and captivates the world in equal measure, another New York businessman is quietly positioning himself for power....
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- Oct 24, 2016
- 4 min
Alone and Tired
In the latest of his Battle Dispatches from the electoral front, George Blecher visits the heartlands of the Trump vote in the swing...
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- May 27, 2013
- 3 min
Deeper Than a Tweet: The Boston Bombing and Why You Can't Become Completely American
George Blecher pinpoints exactly what it is that confuses Americans about the actions of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who, prior to the bombing of...
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- Oct 5, 2004
- 5 min
We Have Met the Enemy, and He is Us
In the light of the American presidential election in November 2004, George Blecher muses on the growing gap between those sympathising...
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- Feb 8, 2000
- 22 min
Americans at Millennium’s End
Additionally published in Wespennest (Vienna)
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