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Proust I – VII: The Difficulty of Coming to Terms with a Brutal Childhood Trauma

The unearthing of crucial, yet stacked away memories in the human mind is the focal point of Marcel Proust’s literary effort. He is
achieving this objective by encouraging himself and us not to just cowardly fall for manifest, water-prove, positivist evidence but to adopt a speculative, circumstantial evidence based approach as well Continue reading

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How likely is it that POTUS 45 ends up in Russian Exile?

Could Russia be tempted to offer Political Asylum to an Impeachment-beleaguered US President? Continue reading

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Marcel Proust: How not to despair given the many rivers to cross on this ancient battlefield?

Marcel Proust: What it means to grow up in post-Gallia Belgica, post-Gallia Celtica and post-Germania Inferior Continue reading

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Oh no, Michel Houellebecq dons a Yellow Vest too!

There is no denying that the free trade philosophy is in a difficult period at this time. Despite all its shortcomings, liberalism still deserves an extra chance. Continue reading

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Napol

The US stock market under President Trump has many lessons to learn from Zola’s 1871 novel “The Kill” Continue reading

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Heavy handed police tactics against regular people

Tweet A two-for-one comment on the Catalan referendum and the German migration problem Yesterday, on the night of the Catalan independence referendum, Noah denkt Follow @NoahDenkt

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The Fourth Estate in the US works magnificently

Tweet Comment on the US media resistance to the Trump Presidency Yet again, we have gone silent for quite a while now. And as before, there is a compelling reason for that. Follow @NoahDenkt

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In other (dramatic) news …

Who is going to beat Marine Le Pen in the French Presidential election of 2017 if M. Fillon should rest his candidacy? Continue reading

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Is the US losing its face?

Tweet Dialogue with the Alter Ego on the US Follow @NoahDenkt

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Will the US under President Trump change the essence of its being?

Mr. Trump may be a great dealmaker but he certainly does not have the intellectual depth and analysis to understand the tectonic implications that come with undoing a cornerstone of US policy which has defined probably forever what the United States actually stands for. Continue reading

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