Monthly Archives: February 2022

Why did Russia Invade the Ukraine?

Posted on February 27, 2022 by David Roman

(Updated Nov. 18, 2022) If you’re wondering, you might as well check this great explanation by the veteran US correspondent John Helmer, a Moscow press corps fixture. Or you can read this confession, by previous Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, that … Continue reading →

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Memorias de García Oliver, ministro anarquista pasado de rosca (3)

Posted on February 26, 2022 by David Roman

(Viene de una entrada anterior) García Oliver, siendo catalán, tiene buena información sobre la lenta infiltración del separatismo catalán (la palabra “separatismo” la usa él) en el sindicalismo. Ello fue favorecido por la estrategia de los bobos útles de la CNT, … Continue reading →

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Annals of Bad Propaganda: Don’t Look Up, the Movie

Posted on February 17, 2022 by David Roman

If I die, I’d like to be remembered for the idea that most art is the result of bad propaganda, and the rest is status-seeking and its derivatives: cargo-cultism and rites of initiation. It’s a simple idea that clarifies much … Continue reading →

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Esteroides imperiales (la economía de EEUU en los 2020s)

Posted on February 13, 2022 by David Roman

(Este texto fue publicado originalmente en Finanzas Políticas) Comparar la evolución de los mercados de activos estadounidenses (bolsas, mercados de bonos, sector inmobiliario, etc) en lo que va de siglo con los de casi cualquier otro país es medio deprimente, … Continue reading →

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Spain’s Intellectual Scene Under Franco & Later: a Review

Posted on February 11, 2022 by David Roman

Not so long ago, Spain was a literary powerhouse. Federico García Lorca, the troubled gay poet and dramatist murdered by Francoist sympathizers in 1936, is perhaps the best-known figure of a pre-war generation that remains a favorite of cognoscenti the … Continue reading →

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