Monthly Archives: February 2026

Political Observer comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 04, 2026 Will Newsom Be the Democrats’ Next Mistake? Feb. 3, 2026 Gavin Newsom has a memoir coming out this month, “Young Man in a Hurry” — another heavy hint that he intends to run … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader: recall The 1963 Profumo scandal, The Cambridge Five, Rupert Murdoch, Milly Dowler and the death of The Sun? stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 03, 2026 Headline: Starmer gives dossier to police on Peter Mandelson’s Epstein emails Sub-headline: Prime minister has asked … Continue reading →

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/supreme-court-nondisclosure-agreements.html stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 02, 2026 Is John Roberts a Neo-Faschist?

Newspaper Reader on Remnick chiding of Newsom, via Nathan Heller’s reportage! stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 01, 2026 David RemnickEditor, The New Yorker Is Gavin Newsom running for President? “I’m not thinking about running, but it’s a path that I could see unfold,” … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader: On the toxic menace of Rousseau, Marx and Nietzsche! Yet Adam Smith remains outside this Economist political evaluation? stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 31, 2026 Editor: the opening paragraphs of this diatribe the Econonist fellow traverls provide a sketch of what … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader offers these essay from January 18, 2026, on ‘The Cult of Reinhold Niebuhr’ wedded to the self-congratulation of an unapologetic New York Times War Monger! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 30, 2026 David Brooks and Reinhold Niebuhr: A selection of my … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader on The Economists’ Zanny Menton Beddoes as would be Photo-Journalist in black & white : Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Lee Miller were the real thing ! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 29, 2026 https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/01/29/ices-impunity-is-a-formula-for-more-violence

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 29, 2026 Thursday, January 29, 2026 Today’s Paper Dow -0.35%

Publius. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 28, 2026 Publius on Elizabeth Drew’s latest essay Posted on February 2, 2012 by stephenkmacksd http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/feb/23/can-we-have-democratic-e… Here is Elizabeth Drew’s latest essay in the New York Review of Books, Can We Have a Democratic Election? In which she raises many … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 28, 2026 Editor: I will focus my attentions on the final paragraphs of Stephens diatribe! … Iran’s traumatized protesters might have been energized by a U.S. attack when they were still in the street; they … Continue reading →