Monthly Archives: September 2013

Episode CCCIL of The American Political Melodrama: Mr. William Kristol vs Senator Angus King by Political Observer

Posted on September 29, 2013 by stephenkmacksd

Why is the Republican Party headed straight to a permanent status as the party of daft plutocratic apologists, and craven imperial war mongers?(It almost sounds like a description of the New Democrats) But watch Mr. Bill Kristol, on ‘The Powerhouse … Continue reading →

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Ross Douthat on the ‘New Reformers’ by Political Observer

Posted on September 23, 2013 by stephenkmacksd

Mr. Douthat continues in his rhetorical mood of fabulism, that he expressed in his essay Call Me Vlad , with his latest entry titled Good Populism, Bad Populism. In sum Mr. D. presents the argument that the Republican Nihilists are … Continue reading →

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Current reading: The Allegiance of Thomas Hobbes by Jeffrey R. Collins

Posted on September 10, 2013 by stephenkmacksd

The Allegiance of Thomas Hobbes offers a revisionist interpretation of Thomas Hobbes’s evolving response to the English Revolution. It rejects the prevailing understanding of Hobbes as a consistent, if idiosyncratic, royalist, and vindicates the contemporaneous view that the publication of … Continue reading →

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