Archive - MaxSpeak, You Listen!

We escaped the heat dome for most — but not all — of the week at our usual haunt of Belfast, Maine.

10 hrs ago

June 2025

The Foreign Policy of the City of New York

Much of foreign policy is words, so there is no reason why a prominent local politician cannot contribute to it.

Jun 26

Henry George for New York City

Location, location, location

Jun 25

Back to the Future

The Man-Baby Plays at War

Jun 23

Get On the Bus, Gus

I’m not impressed by the great debate over Zohran Mamdani’s free bus proposal.

Jun 19

Marx and Inequality

Beyond liberal egalitarianism

Jun 1

May 2025

Przeworski: Socialism Is Freedom

The Marxist take

May 30

Harrington's "Socialism": Part VI, the Wrap-Up

I have to admit that after all my quibbling, I end up in roughly the same place as Michael Harrington (MH).

May 28

Pulp Fiction and America

"What's one Hebrew, more or less?" (police chief in Miller's Crossing)

May 26

Harrington's "Socialism" (Part V)

What is it . . . ?

May 24

Multimedia Miami

“Yes, I'm goin' down in Florida,

May 22

The Wretched Debt

Biden’s chief economist Jared Bernstein has a nice explainer on the purported unsustainability of the national debt.

May 20

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